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Whether it is considered a formal, binding contract depends on the jurisdiction. Islamic faith marriage contracts are not valid in <a href="/wiki/English_law" title="English law">English law</a>, <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> nor American Law. Because of this, some Islamic Marriage Officiants will only officiate a marriage after the couple had been legally married in court. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Witnessing">Witnessing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_marriage_contract&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Witnessing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Sunni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni">Sunni</a> Islam, a marriage contract must have at least two witnesses. Proper witnessing is critical to the validation of the marriage, also acting as a protection against suspicions of adulterous relationships. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Shia" class="mw-redirect" title="Shia">Shia</a> Islam, witnesses to a marriage are not necessary.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also believed that temporary marriage, or <a href="/wiki/Nikah_Mut%27ah" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikah Mut'ah">Nikah Mut'ah</a> (a type of contract which had more relaxed requirements) was prohibited in Sunni Islam, the necessity of witnessing was introduced by Sunni <a href="/wiki/Caliph" class="mw-redirect" title="Caliph">caliphs</a>, specifically <a href="/wiki/Umar" title="Umar">Umar</a>, to ensure that no couples engaged in secret union. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Authorization">Authorization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_marriage_contract&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Authorization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Marriages are usually not held in <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosques</a>, (depending on the country and culture of both where the marriage happens and the parties involved) because typically men and women are separated during the ceremony and reception. In <a href="/wiki/Sunni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni">Sunni</a> Islam, there is no official clergy, so any Muslim who understands the Islamic tradition can be the official for the wedding. However, if a Muslim wedding is held in a mosque, then a <a href="/wiki/Marriage_officiant" title="Marriage officiant">marriage officiant</a>, known as <i><a href="/wiki/Qadi" title="Qadi">qadi</a></i>, <i>qazi</i> or <i>madhun</i> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">مأذون</span>), may preside over the wedding.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contract">Contract</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_marriage_contract&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Contract"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Rights_of_women" class="mw-redirect" title="Rights of women">rights of women</a> proceeding the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Advent_of_Islam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advent of Islam (page does not exist)">Advent of Islam</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as changed drastically to where they stand in society in the twenty first century. Prior to the Advent of Islam, men were allowed to marry or divorce whenever they pleased leading to a number of problems within the society. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Quran" title="Quran">Quran</a> states that you should love your husband or wife, however, <a href="/wiki/Divorce" title="Divorce">divorce</a> is not forbidden. Men remain more able to divorce women than women are to divorce men, as husbands can unilaterally divorce wives, while the only unilateral route wives can take is through taking a case to court for annulment. The lifestyles men and women go through following a divorce are very different, women must participate in a period of abstinence and remain single for a period of time. 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#dcf5dc;">Part of <a href="/wiki/Category:Islamic_jurisprudence" title="Category:Islamic jurisprudence">a series</a> on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="background: #dcf5dc;;background: #dcf5dc;padding-top:0.2em; display:block;margin-bottom:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Fiqh" title="Fiqh">Islamic jurisprudence<br />(<i>fiqh</i>)</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ALFiqh.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/ALFiqh.png/125px-ALFiqh.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/ALFiqh.png/188px-ALFiqh.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/ALFiqh.png/250px-ALFiqh.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="576" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" 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title="Turbah">Turbah</a></i></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><div style="display:inline-block; padding:0.2em 0.4em; line-height:1.2em;"><i><a href="/wiki/Sunnah_prayer" title="Sunnah prayer">Sunnah prayer</a></i> <div class="hlist"><ul><li>(<i><a href="/wiki/Tarawih" title="Tarawih">Tarawih</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Tahajjud" title="Tahajjud">Tahajjud</a></i>)</li></ul></div></div></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Witr" title="Witr">Witr</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nafl_prayer" title="Nafl prayer">Nafl prayer</a></i></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <i><a href="/wiki/Sawm" class="mw-redirect" title="Sawm">Sawm</a></i></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <i><a href="/wiki/Zakat" title="Zakat">Zakat</a></i></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <i><a href="/wiki/Hajj" title="Hajj">Hajj</a></i></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ihram" title="Ihram">Ihram</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Ihram_clothing" 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military jurisprudence">Military</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist" style="padding-left:1.5em;padding-right:1.5em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Jihad" title="Jihad">Jihad</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ghanimah" title="Ghanimah">Ghanimah</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hudna" title="Hudna">Hudna</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istijarah" title="Istijarah"><i>Istijarah</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(asylum)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_views_on_prisoners_of_war" title="Islamic views on prisoners of war">Prisoners of war</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below" style="border-top:1px solid #dcf5dc;border-bottom:1px solid #dcf5dc;padding-bottom:0.4em;"> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_studies" title="Islamic studies">Islamic studies</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Fiqh" title="Template:Fiqh"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Fiqh" title="Template talk:Fiqh"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Fiqh" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Fiqh"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Among the stipulations that can be included in the marriage contract include giving up, or demanding, certain responsibilities.<sup id="cite_ref-Ibn_Qudamah_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ibn_Qudamah-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The contract may also be used to regulate the couple's physical relationship, if needed.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The marriage contract can also specify where the couple will live, whether or not the first wife will allow the husband to take a second wife without her consent. The wife has the right to initiate divorce, it is called khula. She either gives back the dowry (mahr) or does not, depending on the reason for divorce. The man has the right to divorce. The marriage contract somewhat resembles the marriage settlements once negotiated for upper-class Western brides, but can extend to non-financial matters usually ignored by marriage settlements or <a href="/wiki/Pre-nuptial_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-nuptial agreement">pre-nuptial agreements</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Purposes">Purposes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_marriage_contract&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Purposes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One important purpose of the contract is to make sexual intercourse <a href="/wiki/Fiqh" title="Fiqh">legal</a>. This is supported by various <a href="/wiki/Hadith" title="Hadith">Hadiths</a> and quotations: </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sahih_Bukhari" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahih Bukhari">Sahih Bukhari</a>, Book 62, #81:<sup id="cite_ref-bukhari_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bukhari-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Narrated 'Uqba: The <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Prophet</a> (<a href="/wiki/Peace_be_upon_him" class="mw-redirect" title="Peace be upon him">peace and blessings of Allah be upon him</a>) said: "The stipulations [in the marriage contract] most entitled to be abided by are those with which you are given the right to enjoy the (women's) private parts."</i></li></ul> <p>Al-Mughni (by Ibn Qudaamah), Kitab al Nikah:<sup id="cite_ref-mughni_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mughni-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>... the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) [said]: "The most deserving of conditions to be fulfilled are those by means of which sexual intercourse becomes permissible for you."</i></li></ul> <p>Cited in (Al Aqad, 2014) the common problem of translation of marriage contracts is due to the varieties of word synonyms in the legal Arabic system which have no equivalence in the English system in terms of marriage contracts, such as: مهر, شبكه, صداق - Mahr, Shabkah, Sadaq- (dowry), whereas, all of these examples attributed and affected by the culture and tradition of the Arabic language.<sup id="cite_ref-al_Aqad_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-al_Aqad-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interfaith_marriage">Interfaith marriage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_marriage_contract&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Interfaith marriage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Interfaith_marriage" title="Interfaith marriage">Interfaith marriage</a> has been a growing concept in the past few years however according to the Quran, Muslim women should only marry Muslim men and without doing so can lead to problems within and outside of the families. Though Muslim men are technically permitted to wed Muslim, Christian, Jewish (and according to a minority view <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrian" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoroastrian">Zoroastrian</a> women), AKA the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ahl-al-Kitab&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahl-al-Kitab (page does not exist)">Ahl-al-Kitab</a> (<a href="/wiki/People_of_the_Book" title="People of the Book">People of the Book</a>), it is heavily discouraged to the point that some scholars (mainly of the <a href="/wiki/Hanbali" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanbali">Hanbali</a> School of <a href="/wiki/Fiqh" title="Fiqh">Fiqh</a>) have ruled that this permission applies only in Dar-ul-Islam (a community where Islam is dominant and Islamic values are present). Even in these marriages, there are several restrictions (such as the children being brought up Muslim), and often makes such a marriage impractical.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>One main problem with interfaith marriage as seen in the Islamic community is the fear that one might abandon their faith or their children will not grow up in it.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another issue that can arise is the conflict directly between the two married individuals if their religious traditions get in the way of the other, leading to a debate of which religion should be the more prominent one in the relationship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_marriage_contract&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_marital_jurisprudence" title="Islamic marital jurisprudence">Islamic marital jurisprudence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_marital_practices" title="Islamic marital practices">Islamic marital practices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_sexual_jurisprudence" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic sexual jurisprudence">Islamic sexual jurisprudence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_views_on_slavery#Concubinage" title="Islamic views on slavery">Islamic views on slavery and concubinage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_sexual_jurisprudence#Prostitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic sexual jurisprudence">Islamic views on prostitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahr" title="Mahr">Mahr</a>, a mandatory payment, paid or promised to be paid by the groom or his father to the bride at the time of marriage</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_Islam" title="Marriage in Islam">Marriage in Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minangkabau_marriage" title="Minangkabau marriage">Minangkabau marriage</a>, marriage practices of West Sumatra, Indonesia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikah_Halala" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikah Halala">Nikah Halala</a>, the marriage of a woman to a second man after a triple talaq (divorce)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikah_Ijtimah" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikah Ijtimah">Nikah Ijtimah</a>, a pre-Islamic form of marriage</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikah_Misyar" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikah Misyar">Nikah Misyar</a>, a marriage practice in Sunni Islam</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikah_mut%E2%80%98ah" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikah mut‘ah">Nikah mut‘ah</a>, a form of temporary marriage in Shia Islam, also known as sigeh or sigheh in Iran</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikah_%27urfi" title="Nikah 'urfi">Nikah 'urfi</a>, a "customary" Sunni Muslim marriage contract</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rights_and_obligations_of_spouses_in_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Rights and obligations of spouses in Islam">Rights and obligations of spouses in Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Islam" title="Women in Islam">Women in Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divorce_in_Islam" title="Divorce in Islam">Divorce in Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ketubah" title="Ketubah">Ketubah</a>, the Jewish marriage contract</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_marriage_contract&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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