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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 ...
Islamic view of death. Death in Islam is the termination of worldly life and the beginning of afterlife. Death is seen as the separation of the soul from the human body, and its transfer from this world to the afterlife. [ 1][ 2] Islamic tradition discusses what happens before, during, and after death, although what exactly happens is not clear ...
Islamic funerary found at the Domvs Romana in Rabat, Malta – c. 11th century. Funerals and funeral prayers in Islam ( Arabic: جنازة, romanized : Janāzah) follow fairly specific rites, though they are subject to regional interpretation and variation in custom.
t. e. 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 ...
Anthropology of kinship. Levirate marriage is a type of marriage in which the brother of a deceased man is obliged to marry his brother's widow. Levirate marriage has been practiced by societies with a strong clan structure in which exogamous marriage (i.e. marriage outside the clan) is forbidden.
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 ).
In Islam, a mahr (in Arabic: مهر; Persian: مهريه; Turkish: mehir; Swahili: mahari; Indonesian: mahar; also transliterated mehr, meher, mehrieh, or mahriyeh) is the bride wealth obligation, in the form of money, possessions or teaching of verses from the Quran [1] by the groom, to the bride at the time of the Islamic Wedding (payment also has circumstances on when and how to pay). [2]
Apostasy in Islam ( Arabic: ردة, romanized : ridda or ارتداد, irtidād) is commonly defined as the abandonment of Islam by a Muslim, in thought, word, or through deed. It includes not only explicit renunciations of the Islamic faith by converting to another religion [ 1] or abandoning religion, [ 1][ 2][ 3] but also blasphemy or heresy ...