pillars of marriage
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Groom
1. Muslimin
2. A man to whom marrying his intended
bride with lawful
3. Consents to the marriage is made
voluntarily and force4. Has seen his intended bride before the
betrothal
5. Not in the state of performing Hajj or
Umrah
6. Nor married to 4 other women at the time
of the ‘aqad’
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Witnesses
1. Two(2) witnesses
2. Muslims
3. Male
4. Mature (puberty)
5. With sanity6. Not a fasiq
7. Nor deaf, dumb or blind
8. Men who are fair and just
9. Able to understand the
language used for ‘aqad’
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The Dowry
Allah said:
“And give the women (whom you marry) their Mahr (an obligatory
bridal money given by the husband to his wife at the time marriage)
with a good heart.” (An-Nisaa’ 4:4)
The payment of dower is
compulsory and it is a
supererogatory (sunat) to
mention the amount of the
dower in the ‘aqad’.
There is no stated rule in Islam about the amount of dower. However,
the amount of dower is to be decided upon according to the
satisfaction of both the bride and the groom.
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The Prophet Muhammad s.a.w said;
“The best amount for the dower is the one that is the cheapest and the most
blessed marriage is the one with small amount of dower.”
The amount of dower must not be a burden to the groom for it is not
encouraged in Islam to demand high sum of dower. Some companions of the
prophet had married their wives having a piece of gold as heavy as date,
worth not more than 5 dirham as their dower. Said Ibnu Musaiyib gave hisdaughter’s hand in marriage to Abu Hurairah r.a with the amount of dower of
only 2 dirham. The Prophet himself gave his daughter, Fatimah in marriage
with Saidina Ali, requesting him to give only a few pairs of the battle attire as
the dower(Mahr). As a matter of fact, Khadijah was only given a mat, a shawl,
a kettle and a container made from the sheep’s skin as her Mahr.