In Java this wall hakam, chosen by the bride with the approbation of her future
husband, is the wall hakim, who then delegates his own function to the penghulu,
an employee of the mosque appointed by the government to register marriages.
In order to emphasize the fact, however, that an Islamic marriage to be legal does
not necessarily have to be registered, the late Hadji Agus Salim, an Indonesian
nationalist of distinction and member of an Islamic reform movement, arranged
one ...
You cannot say in all cases whether there is any definite provision of Islamic law.
To make a provision for that would be interference in the religion ? A. Unless it is
against the Islamic teaching. So when a girl has attained the age of 15 or about
that and any legislation in this direction if it is enacted after consulting the Ulemas
will not be an interference in the Islamic religion t , . : A. I do not think so. Q. You
are also of opinion that the attainment of puberty is not a sufficient indication of ...
In such a case we have a breakdown of the marriage itself and the only course
left open is for the law to recognize what is a fact and accord a divorce." Islamic
Law has a unique history of development. In most systems of the world the
individual has the freedom to marry or to remain celibate. Marriage is regarded
all over the world as a social institution. Under Hindu Law it is a sacrament (
sanskar) whereas under the Muslim Law it is a contract. Marriage creates mutual
rights and ...
On the rights and privileges enjoyed by women in Islam; a Sunni viewpoint; a rejoinder to the proponents of feminism.
Those who desire amendment in the Islamic Law in the name of "ijtehad" most
probably presume the Islamic Law to be like man-made laws which can be
amended and repealed as and when the law maker so desires. The Islamic law
on the other hand has been revealed by Allah and permits not of an iota's change
by any one. It was not given even to the Prophat to whom it was revealed. But
when our clear signs are rehearsed unto them, those who rest not their hope of
their meeting ...
law that is applied in actual fact in the Islamic countries. "Tell me, what thing we
ever did, which was permitted by law?" to quote the protest of a prince of Mosul in
the eleventh century when he was reproached with being married to two sisters
at the same time. [14, 17f.] Expressed in particularly crass terms though this may
be, a great deal of literature on legal loopholes exists, showing that ways and
means were always being sought to lessen or circumvent the application of the ...
It is not paid to the bride's father as the price of the bride, as was customary in pre
-Islamic days. The guardian cannot receive this, directly or indirectly for himself,
and Islamic law does not permit what is called marriage of Shughar. Shughar is
that variety of marriage in which one man agrees to marry his daughter to another
man on condition that the latter would marry his daughter to him and neither of
them would have to pay any dower to his bride; or two men agree to marry each ...
The book tries to clear the notion that to interpret the Islamic concept of woman as, degradation of woman is to distort the actual issue. Islam has never asserted that woman is inferior to man: it has only made the point that woman is differently constituted. The prophet used a parable to explain the delicacy of women s nature, pointing out that they should be treated in accordance with their nature. Their delicate emotional constitution should always be borne in mind.
The book tries to clear the notion that to interpret the Islamic concept of woman as, degradation of woman is to distort the actual issue.
