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Nikāḥ (Marriage Contract)

The law of marriage as a contract requiring offer/acceptance, dower (mahr), witnesses, and (in most schools) a guardian (walī).

The law of marriage as a contract requiring offer/acceptance, dower (mahr), witnesses, and (in most schools) a guardian (walī).

How it traveled

  1. Sahih Muslim
    Damascus · 875
    applies
  2. Muqnica
    Baghdad · 1022
    explains
  3. Intisar
    Karbala · 1044
    applies
  4. Nasiriyyat
    Karbala · 1044
    applies
  5. Ihkam Fi Usul Ahkam
    Cordoba · 1064
    applies
  6. Ghiyath Umam
    Nishapur · 1085
    explains
  7. Ihya Culum Din
    Gorgan (Jurjan) · 1111
    explains
  8. Mafatih Asrar
    Mecca · 1153
    applies
  9. Kafi Fi Fiqh
    Damascus · 1223
    explains
  10. Cumdat Fiqh
    Damascus · 1223
    explains
  11. Muqnic Fi Fiqh
    Damascus · 1223
    explains
  12. Mukhtalaf Shica
    Maragha · 1325
    applies
  13. Mustadrak Cala Majmuc Fatawa
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  14. Intisar
    Harran · 1328
    applies

Key passages(20)

REF ref-ashraf-ali-thanwi-bahishti-zewar-heavenly-ornaments

Bahishti Zewar (Heavenly Ornaments) · Ashraf Ali Thanwi

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Muqnic Fi Fiqh · Ibn Qudama

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Kafi Fi Fiqh · Ibn Qudama

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Mughni · Ibn Qudama

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Nihayat Matlab · Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni

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Rasail Wa Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

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Tabsirat Mutacallimin · al-'Allama al-Hilli

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Tahrir Ahkam · al-'Allama al-Hilli

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Wasit · al-Ghazali

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Aclam Muwaqqicin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Ahkam Nisa · al-Mufid

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Ahkam Nisa · Ahmad ibn Hanbal

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Badaic Fawaid · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Bidayat Mujtahid · Ibn Rushd

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Cawis · al-Mufid

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Cumdat Fiqh · Ibn Qudama

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Cumdat Hazim · Ibn Qudama

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Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

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Ihya Culum Din · al-Ghazali

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Irshad Adhhan · al-'Allama al-Hilli

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Modern teachers who discuss this idea

Modern and living teachers whose books take up Nikāḥ (Marriage Contract). These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.