Islamic marital jurisprudence

In Islamic law (sharia), marriage (nikāḥ نکاح) is a legal and social contract between a man and a woman. In the religion of Islam it is generally strongly recommended that adherents marry.

A nikāḥ marriage has a number of requirements and restrictions under shariah. Amongst them are that a gift known as a mahr be given by the groom to the bride; that the bride, groom and guardian for the bride (wali), give their legal consent to the marriage and that there be no coercion; that there be two witnesses from each side to the signing or accepting of the contract; that the bride and groom not be of the same gender, not be brother and sister, mother or father, aunt or uncle, or other close relatives, but may be first cousins; that the man not have more than four wives at any one time, and the woman more than one husband.

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