Introduction To The Premarital Masterclass

Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi

wa barakatuh. This is Mariam Laymu. Thank you

so much for showing up and for trusting

me to guide you on this journey.

It's gonna be a journey of self discovery,

a journey of personal growth and a journey

into the past.

Some parts of this journey will not be

comfortable. Actually, they'll be quite unpleasant, but they

have to be addressed and faced.

Some will be an eye opener for you.

You're gonna discover new things about yourself insha'Allah.

But most importantly, I will be with you

every step of the way. I shall give

you everything that I feel you need to

prepare you for what you need when you

go into marriage.

I shall be, during this course, sharing with

you personal,

practical experiences

that I have had for over the past

33 years. My experiences before I got married

and those of my almost 29 years of

marriage.

Now I am absolutely passionate about seeing marriages

work which is why I created this

course. And I have interviewed those yet to

be married to hear what kind of emotional

rollercoasters they're going through,

what kind of challenges they're facing, which I

shall be sharing with you.

I've also interviewed people who are married

to hear what's working for them, what their

best practices are, and things they wish they

had known before they got married. And then

I've interviewed those who are divorced,

who have regrets of things they wish they

had done differently,

and what they would do differently if they

go into marriage in the future. And then

I've also spoken to those who are widowed.

I will be talking to you about my

own best practices and my biggest regrets.

Things I wish I had known before I

had gotten married. All the good, the bad

and the ugly.

The mistakes that I made, the best things

that I've learned from my 29 years, and

the most brilliant things that my husband and

I have been able to do to make

for the beautiful relationship we have today.

This is going to be a detailed guide,

hopefully to helping you get it right. It

is my hope and prayer that what I

share with you will be just that.

We often put in a lot when we

want to prepare for our exams and tests.

I'd like you to treat this as one

of the most significant

exams of your whole life.

The results of this exam are not gonna

be instant.

Sometimes it takes years before you know if

you've failed, if you've passed or if you've

eased your exam.

There will be many impromptu tests that you're

gonna have to take along the way and

they're all part of this big exam.

Those tests, if you fail them, will help

you know what areas you may need to

improve upon and become more proficient in.

But if you neglect those areas or ignore

them and allow them to build up and

fester, you're gonna be in for a bumpy

ride. And unfortunately,

it's not gonna be pleasant. You're gonna have

unpleasant results at the end of the day.

However, one thing I know for sure is

if you work hard on those areas and

improve upon them, you will reap the benefits

of your hard work insha'Allah.

If you work hard and do your homework

and ace your tests and exams, the rewards

are priceless.

Allah has said in the Quran that nothing

shall be accounted unto a person

except what he strives for. And in time,

you shall see the results of your striving.

This is from Suratul Najam.

I highly recommend that if you have someone

you are courting right now, you encourage them

to also register for this course. This ensures

that both of you are on the same

page, that you both have a true understanding

of what you need before you get married

and what you're getting into. May Allah make

it easy for all of us.

Now I would like to make a disclaimer

that this course is no guarantee that you're

gonna have a problem free marriage. However, what

I'm confident about

is that if you and the person you

wanna get married to

finish this course successfully,

do all the exercises

and the extra readings, Insha'Allah, you're gonna go

into marriage more prepared. You're gonna go into

marriage with realistic

expectations

and the tools that you need to overcome

the challenges

and obstacles that exist. And trust me, there

are many obstacles that exist.

You will be able to utilize your gifts

and your strengths to complement

and build

on the beautiful relationship that you have insha'Allah.

I am sure that you have already done

a lot of homework and a lot of

research and you know a lot as you're

coming into this course. So what I would

like from you is for you to jot

down in the box below, in the section

below, your expectations

for this course. Please share with me what

you hope your takeaway will be, what you

hope to have understood

better or learnt about by the end of

this course.

Please also share your feedback at guttertalktomaryamsapital.com

in the mailbox

that you will

find inside this course. This will help me

improve on this course, especially in the areas

that you feel you need more information on.

And do not hesitate to reach out to

me with questions or comments.

What I would like from you, at the

end of the entire course, is for you

to review

and check off 1 by 1 what you

feel you have gained from this course, and

if there's any area you would like additional

counseling in.

I will be reviewing your feedback regularly and

give you everything that you have had hoped

to gain by taking this course.

Now by taking this course, you are part

of a community and a tribe that I

have created of individuals

who truly want to do everything in their

power to get it right. You will find

this community to be a safe place where

you can share your concerns,

post questions that you may have to others,

and also give feedback on what your experiences

are on this course. So share your contributions

and chat.

At the end of this course, I will

be asking you to share all your experiences.

Please be sincere and honest with your feedback

because it's gonna help me continue to improve

on this course, hopefully for others after you.

And I will also be asking you to

upload your photographs with your testimony if you

feel like doing that. Your feedback will also

be used to promote this course

and by uploading your comments and your photos,

you're giving us full permission to use it

on any platform and in any relevant literature.

I am truly honored that you are trusting

me to be your guide through this process.

May Allah make it easy.

So now it's time for you to share

your course expectations with me.

Please share what you had hoped to learn

or what you want to know at the

end of this course.

I highly recommend that you take lots of

notes throughout this course Cause there's gonna be

a lot of information

for you to gain from this course, insha'Allah.

move on on this journey. Assalamu Alaikum.

move on on this journey. Assalamu Alaikum.