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In Islam, nikah ( Arabic: نِكَاح, romanized : nikāḥ) is a contract exclusively between a man and woman. Both the groom and the bride are to consent to the marriage of their own free wills. A formal, binding contract – verbal or on paper [ 1] – is considered integral to a religiously valid Islamic marriage, and outlines the rights ...
In Islam, ’iddah or iddat ( Arabic: العدة, romanized : al-ʿidda; "period of waiting") is the period a woman must observe after the death of her husband or after a divorce, during which she may not marry another man. [ 1]: 472 [ 2] One of its main purposes is to remove any doubt as to the paternity of a child born after the divorce or ...
Ahl al-Bayt (by marriage) Khadijah bint Khuwaylid ( Arabic: خَدِيجَة بِنْت خُوَيْلِد, romanized : Khadīja bint Khuwaylid, c. 554 [ 1] – November 619) was the first wife and the first follower of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Khadija was the daughter of Khuwaylid ibn Asad, a noble of the Quraysh tribe in Makkah and a ...
Although Islamic marriage customs and relations vary depending on country of origin and government regulations, both Muslim men and women from around the world are guided by Islamic laws and practices specified in the Quran. [ 1] Islamic marital jurisprudence allows Muslim men to be married to multiple women (a practice known as polygyny ).
Umar ibn al-Khattab was one of the earliest figures in the history of Islam. While Sunnis regard Umar ibn al-Khattab in high esteem and respect his place as one of the "Four Righteously Guided Caliphs", the Shia do not view him as a legitimate leader of the Ummah and believe that Umar and Abu Bakr conspired to usurp power from Ali.
Ahl al-Bayt (by marriage) Zaynab bint Khuzayma ( Arabic: زينب بنت خزيمة) ( c. 596 – 625), also known as Umm al-Masākīn (Arabic: أم المساكين, "Mother of the Poor"), [ 1] was the fifth wife of Muhammad. As a result of her early death, less is known about her than about his other wives.
Ahl al-Bayt (by marriage) Hafsa bint Umar ( Arabic: حفصة بنت عمر, romanized : Ḥafṣa bint ʿUmar; c. 605–665) was the fourth wife of Muhammad and a daughter of the second caliph Umar ( r. 634–644 ). In Islamic writings, her name is thus often prefixed by the title "Mother of the Believers" (Arabic: أمّ المؤمنين ...
Ali. Marital life of Fatima portrays the marriage of Fatima, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and Muhammad's cousin, Ali. Fatima ( c. 605/15-632) and Ali ( c. 600-661) were both significant figures in early Islam: Fatima has been compared to Mary, the mother of Jesus, especially in Shia Islam. [ 1][ 2] Muhammad is said to have regarded ...