COURTSHIP

AND
MARRIAGE
OF
MUSLIMS

COURTSHIP
Courtship
-establishment of an
agreed relationship of a
more enduring kind.
-During courtship, a
couple get to know each
other and decide if there
will be an engagement or
other such agreement

COURTSHIP IN MUSLIM

DATING as it is
currently practiced in
much of the world does
NOT exist among
Muslims. Rather, in
Muslim pre-marital
relationship of any kind

Muslim youth develop very

closed friendships with their
same-sex peers. This
SISTERHOOD or
BROTHERHOOD that
develops when they are
young
Continues throughout their
lives.

TERMINOLOGY
NIKAH means to
JOIN.
- is a contract
between a male and a
female which permits the
authority of matrimonial
relations.

 MAHR

a
marriage gift by
the groom to the
bride.

MOSQUE church

of muslims.

 TALAQ,TALAQ,TALAQ

I divorce you.
- dissolution of a
marriage in Islam.

 QABUL
- I ACCEPT repeat
times.

three

DARUD blessings
DUA or DUOA prayer
to Allah

WALIMA wedding

 IJAAB to make a
proposal
QABUL --

acceptance

MUSLIM
MARRIAGE

CONDITIONS FOR MUSLIM

MARRIAGE

There shall be a proposal

and acceptance. The
proposal of marriage are
tied to agreements on a
dowry and mahr.
There can be no restriction
on any valid Islamic

 There shall be free consent

of both parties to the
marriage.
There shall be two male
witnesses (or one male and
two female witnesses).
These witnesses shall be
adult and Muslim.

PURPOSES OF MUSLIM
MARRIAGE

To restrain sexual
passion.
The ordering of
domestic life.
The care and
responsibility towards

MUSLIM WEDDING
CEREMONY

Islam considers
marriage a social
obligation, an act
which is greatly
admired by Allah. It is
a natural relationship
between man and a

 The Qazi is an elder of

the mosque and is the
officiant of the
ceremony. Traditionally,
brides wear bold,
glittery gowns and are
adorned with jewelry
and flowers. The groom

 During the ceremony,

the bride and groom
kept apart. The
ceremony ends with a
prayer called DUOA.
Traditionally the bride is
drizzled with coins

 The wedding bouquet

is called WALIMA and
after the meal is
served, the bride and
groom sit together
for the first time with
their heads shielded
by a DUPATTA and

 The couple spend their

night as husband and wife
in her house and in
different rooms. The next
morning the father of the
bride takes them to their
home and gives his
daughters hand. This ritual
is called RUKHSAT.

MUSLIM WEDDING VOWS

Bride: "I, ______, offer you
myself in marriage and in
accordance with the
instructions of the Holy
Koran and the Holy
Prophet, peace and
blessing be upon him. I
pledge, in honesty and with

 Groom: "I pledge, in

honesty and sincerity,
to be for you a faithful
and helpful husband."

SYMBOLIC GESTURES
Guests at Muslim
weddings congratulate the
couple by giving them
EGG, which represents
fertility and
righteousness.
The bride and groom may
be showered with RICE,

POLYGAMY
Having more than one wife at
one time
Marry women of your
choice, two, three, or four ;
but if you fear that you shall
not be able to deal justly
(with them), the only one, or
that which your right hand
possess. That will be more

THE RULING
The Quran gives permission to
marrying a maximum of four
wives at a time as far as you
support all their needs.
One does not need to take a
permission of the first wife in
order to marry the second wife.

DIVORCE IN ISLAM
Muslims man can dissolve his
marriage at any time by saying
to his wife :
TALQ,TALAQ,TALAQ at one
occasion of his own free will and
desire
TALAQ, TALAQ, TALAQ means
I divorce you.