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  2. Mahr - Wikipedia

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    The word Mahr is related to the Hebrew word “Mohar” and the Syriac word "Mahrā", meaning “bridal gift”, which originally meant “purchase-money”. The word implies a gift given voluntarily and not as a result of a contract, but in Muslim religious law it was declared a gift which the bridegroom has to give the bride when the contract of marriage is made and which becomes the ...

  3. Marriage in Islam - Wikipedia

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    In 2003, Rubya Mehdi published an article in which the culture of mahr among Muslims was thoroughly reviewed. There is no concept of dowry [33] as such in Islam. A dowry is a payment to the groom from the bride's family. Bride prices are also expressly prohibited. [citation needed] Another requisite of marriage is chastity.

  4. Marriage in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    In order to bless and protect the couple, the Qur'an is held over the bride's head as she leaves, and even though there is no basis in Islam or Muslim tradition for the Rukhsati. [17] In recent times, withholding or delaying the rukhsati has been used to exert control over the couple by the family of the bride or to extract dowry from the groom ...

  5. Harem - Wikipedia

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    The Seljuk harem were referred to as the mukhaddarat-i haram. As was the custom for royal Islamic harems, it included the mother, the four legal wives and the non-Muslim slave-concubines of the sultan, as well as the unmarried sisters, daughters and infant sons of the sultan, although the exact hierarchy of the harem is unconfirmed. [138]

  6. Islamic marriage contract - Wikipedia

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    Groom signing the marriage documents in Bangladesh An 1874 Islamic marriage contract. A bride signing the nikah nama (marriage contract).. An Islamic marriage contract is considered an integral part of an Islamic marriage, and outlines the rights and responsibilities of the husband and wife or other parties involved in marriage proceedings under Sharia.

  7. Dowry - Wikipedia

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    A dowry is the transfer of parental property to a daughter at her marriage (i.e. "inter vivos") rather than at the owner's death (mortis causa). [6] (This is a completely different definition of dowry to that given at the top of the article, which demonstrates how the term ‘dowry’ causes confusion.)

  8. Mahram - Wikipedia

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    In Islam, a mahram (Arabic: محرم) is a family member with whom marriage would be considered permanently unlawful ().A woman does not need to wear hijab around her mahram or spouse, and an adult male mahram or husband may escort a woman on a journey, although an escort may not be obligatory.

  9. Ahmadiyya translations of the Quran - Wikipedia

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    Urdu: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad: English by Muhammad Zafarullah Khan: Exegesis compiled from the writings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, on the first chapter of the Quran. Only the first volume has been translated in English. PDF (English) حقائق الفرقان (Haqaiq al-furqan) Inner Verities of the Discriminant: Urdu: Caliph I: None 4 volumes. Link