First book. Marriage. Of the conditions required for the validity of marriage and of its effects. Impediments to marriage. Of marriage guardianship. Of marriage agency. Of equality of condition in marriage. Of the dowry. Of the marriage of Mohammedans to Christian or Jewish women ('el Kitariyat') and of the rules governing the marriage of non-Mohammedans when both or one of them embraces the Mohammedan faith. Of void marriages. Of voidable marriages. Of the proofs of marriage
Second book. Of the rights and obligations of husband and wife. Of the obligations of the husband toward the wife. Of the maintenance due by the husband to the wife. Of the power of the husband and his rights. Of the rights and duties of the wife
Third book. Dissolution of marriage by repudiation and by divorce. Of repudiation. Of the Khula, or divorce by mutual consent. Of separation on account of impotence. Of separation on account of apostasy. Of the Iddat and of the maintenance of the woman on whom it is imposed.

Fourth book. Of children. On paternity and filiation. Of the duties of parents toward their children. Of the maintenance due to parents by their children. Of the maintenance due to the distant kindred. Of the paternal authority
Fifth book. Of the guardian of his acts. Of interdiction, adolescence, and majority. Of donations inter vivos. Of wills. Of the absent person
Sixth book. Of inheritance. Preliminary dispositions. Impediments to inheritance. Of the heirs who are entitled to portions, and the amount thereof. Of the share of the portioners mention in the last chapter in competition with other heirs. Of the inheritance by residuaries. Of the exclusion. Miscellaneous matters. of the increase and of the return. Of the 'Zawi el Arham' or distant kindred, and the manner in which they inherit.