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*Let's Change Our Mindsets About Marriage*
*MARRIAGE AS A FORM OF IBAADAH*
Marriage is a matrimonial relation between two persons of the opposite sex and give legalization and procreation of child. It creates such a bounding which treats a unique union and is one of the oldest institutions of human civilization. Considerable attention has been paid by all system of law to the principles, rules and regulations to the contract of marriage.
Aims of Marriage in Islam
1:- Marriage help to multiply the population of Allah. Allah declare in the Noble Quran (4:1):
“O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord who created you from a single person (Adam), and from him (Adam) He created his wife (Eve), and from them both He created many men and women”
2:- It protect chastity and moral excellence. Quran (4:24) states:
“Also (forbidden are) women already married, except those (slaves) whom your right hand possess. Thus has Allah ordained for you all others are lawful, provided you seek (them in marriage) with mahr from your property, desiring chastity, not committing illegal sexual intercourse. Give them their dowry for the enjoyment you have of them as a duty; but it, after a dower is prescribed, you agree mutually (to vary it), there is no blame on you, and Allah is All-Knowing All-Wise.”
3:- Islam strictly denounces pre-marital sexual enjoyment.
The objective of marriage is that it gives not only sexual pleasure, but also sustain mutual peace, love and affection which may be attained by mutual co-operation and understanding.
Legalities of Marriage according to Shariah.
1:-Both man and woman must be willingly consent to the marriage before it can take place.
2:-The marriage must be made public with two witnesses from each side present at the ceremony.
3:-The groom and the bride’s guardian must be present at the nikkah. The bride may not be present.
4:-The dowry is a mandatory gift from the husband to the wife (Quran 4:24).
The sum should be proportionate to the announced at the time of marriage and is given either at once or in installmental payments. Once given it is solely the property of the wife and she may do with it as she pleases.
5:-The nikkah is performed by a lawful Islamic authority and the nikkah is publicly announced and witnessed, the contract is legal. The nikkah sermon is been recited by the Islamic authority followed by prayer.
6:-The sunnah of the prophet (SAW) requires a reception (walimah) to be given by the groom after the marriage to celebrate the consummation of the marriage.
Marriage Bond based on Sunnah
1:- Each partner in the marriage has been assigned a particular role. Accordingly, man has been assigned to work outside the house as the breadwinner because of his greater physical strength and psychological abilities, likewise woman is physiologically and emotionally suited to bearing children and has been made responsible for their upbringing and maintaining the home.
To ensure a smooth running of the partnership, one partner has put in charge. Allah has appointed the husband to act over his wife. Quran 4:34 said:
“Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has given the one more strength than the other, and because they support them from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in the husband’s absence what Allah would have them guide. As to those women on whose part you fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (next), refuse to share their beds, and (last) beat them (lightly); but if they return to obedience, seek not against them means (of annoyance); for Allah is most High, Great (above you all).”
*{To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...}*
*"And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers."* (Qur-ān 51:55)
*Let's Change Our Mindsets About Marriage*
*MARRIAGE AS A FORM OF IBAADAH*
Marriage is a matrimonial relation between two persons of the opposite sex and give legalization and procreation of child. It creates such a bounding which treats a unique union and is one of the oldest institutions of human civilization. Considerable attention has been paid by all system of law to the principles, rules and regulations to the contract of marriage.
Aims of Marriage in Islam
1:- Marriage help to multiply the population of Allah. Allah declare in the Noble Quran (4:1):
“O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord who created you from a single person (Adam), and from him (Adam) He created his wife (Eve), and from them both He created many men and women”
2:- It protect chastity and moral excellence. Quran (4:24) states:
“Also (forbidden are) women already married, except those (slaves) whom your right hand possess. Thus has Allah ordained for you all others are lawful, provided you seek (them in marriage) with mahr from your property, desiring chastity, not committing illegal sexual intercourse. Give them their dowry for the enjoyment you have of them as a duty; but it, after a dower is prescribed, you agree mutually (to vary it), there is no blame on you, and Allah is All-Knowing All-Wise.”
3:- Islam strictly denounces pre-marital sexual enjoyment.
The objective of marriage is that it gives not only sexual pleasure, but also sustain mutual peace, love and affection which may be attained by mutual co-operation and understanding.
Legalities of Marriage according to Shariah.
1:-Both man and woman must be willingly consent to the marriage before it can take place.
2:-The marriage must be made public with two witnesses from each side present at the ceremony.
3:-The groom and the bride’s guardian must be present at the nikkah. The bride may not be present.
4:-The dowry is a mandatory gift from the husband to the wife (Quran 4:24).
The sum should be proportionate to the announced at the time of marriage and is given either at once or in installmental payments. Once given it is solely the property of the wife and she may do with it as she pleases.
5:-The nikkah is performed by a lawful Islamic authority and the nikkah is publicly announced and witnessed, the contract is legal. The nikkah sermon is been recited by the Islamic authority followed by prayer.
6:-The sunnah of the prophet (SAW) requires a reception (walimah) to be given by the groom after the marriage to celebrate the consummation of the marriage.
Marriage Bond based on Sunnah
1:- Each partner in the marriage has been assigned a particular role. Accordingly, man has been assigned to work outside the house as the breadwinner because of his greater physical strength and psychological abilities, likewise woman is physiologically and emotionally suited to bearing children and has been made responsible for their upbringing and maintaining the home.
To ensure a smooth running of the partnership, one partner has put in charge. Allah has appointed the husband to act over his wife. Quran 4:34 said:
“Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has given the one more strength than the other, and because they support them from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in the husband’s absence what Allah would have them guide. As to those women on whose part you fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (next), refuse to share their beds, and (last) beat them (lightly); but if they return to obedience, seek not against them means (of annoyance); for Allah is most High, Great (above you all).”
*{To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...}*
*"And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers."* (Qur-ān 51:55)
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