{"id":1315,"date":"2014-11-30T18:01:49","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T18:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nikahhalal.com\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2020-10-21T16:02:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T20:02:22","slug":"islamic-marriage-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/islamic-marriage-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"The Islamic Marriage Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Islam marriage is considered both a social and<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/way-to-nikah-is-an-agreement\/\"> legal agreement<\/a><\/strong>. The marriage contract is signed by the bride and groom in the presence of an imam who is familiar with the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/islamic-marriage\/\">Islamic laws of<\/a><\/strong> marriage. But the process of signing the marriage contract is private and includes the families of the bride and groom.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Conditions of Marriage Contract<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Under Islamic law, the following conditions must be upheld in order to recognize.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Consent<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The bride and groom&#8217;s<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/womens-consent-in-marriage\/\"> consent to the<\/a><\/strong> marriage is important, both verbally and written. This starts through a formal <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/engagement-proposal-for-marriage\/\">proposal of<\/a> <\/strong>marriage (<em>ijab<\/em>) and acceptance of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/best-possible-checklist-marriage-proposal\/\">proposal<\/a> <\/strong>(<em>qabul<\/em>). The bride is usually represented by her Wali and The bride must express her will as well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Mahr<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/concept-of-mahr-in-islam\/\">Mahr is often<\/a> <\/strong>translated as<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/issue-dowry\/\"> \u201cdowry\u201d<\/a><\/strong> but it is the bride\u2019s gift. It is the bride\u2019s gift from the groom. Mehr remains her property as security in the marriage. The mahr can be cash, jewelry, property, or any other valuable asset. At the time of marriage, either full payment or half payment is required.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Witnesses<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To verify the contract two <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/importance-witnesses-muslim-marriage-law\/\">adult witnesses&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong>are important.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>After Contract Signature<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>After the marriage contract is signed, a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/role-of-married-couple-in-islam\/\">couple is<\/a><\/strong> legally married. So, they share a common goal. Then they create a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/5-secrets-happy-married-life-islam\/\">peaceful and happy<\/a> <\/strong>marriage.<\/p>\n<h3><b>A successful<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikahhalal.com\/register\/?ap_id=AFL_YB\">&nbsp;marriage requires falling in love again and again with the same person. We aim to help you find your PERFECT SOULMATE: Register here for FREE \ud83d\ude42<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Marriage contract is signed by bride and groom in the presence of imam or trusted community person who is familiar with the Islamic laws of marriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,368,369],"tags":[23,93,94,25,16,269,26,819,880,312,361,59],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Marriage Contract | Marriage | The Islamic Marriage Contract<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The marriage contract is signed by the bride and groom in the presence of an imam who is familiar with the Islamic laws of marriage.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/islamic-marriage-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marriage Contract | Marriage | The Islamic Marriage Contract\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The marriage contract is signed by the bride and groom in the presence of an imam who is familiar with the Islamic laws of marriage.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/islamic-marriage-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog Nikah Halal | Largest Muslim Matrimonial Website\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Nikah-Halal-306277812869598\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-11-30T18:01:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-21T20:02:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_198800375-e1603310475480.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"habibkhan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"NikahHalal.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Nikah-Halal-306277812869598\/\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/198.71.233.31\/p2v.625.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/main-logo_nikah.png?time=1636035303\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/198.71.233.31\/p2v.625.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/main-logo_nikah.png?time=1636035303\",\"width\":294,\"height\":108,\"caption\":\"NikahHalal.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.nikahhalal.com\/\",\"name\":\"Blog Nikah Halal | Largest Muslim Matrimonial Website\",\"description\":\"Muslim Matrimonial Website nikah Halal. 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