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However, the recommended precaution is that two persons should recite the formula of marriage contract. The Method Of Pronouncing The Marriage Formula 2377. If a woman and a man themselves want to recite the formula of permanent marriage, the woman should say first: Zawajtuka nafsi alas sidiaqil malum (i.e. I have made myself your wife on the dowry (Mehr) which has already been fixed and then the man should immediately respond thus: Qabiltut tazwij (i.e. I accept the alliance).

In this way the marriage contract will be in order. In case a woman and a man appoint other persons to act as their representatives for pronouncing the formula of marriage and if, for example, the name of the man is Ahmad and that of the woman is Farida the representative of the woman should first say: Zawajtuka muwakilaka Ahmad muwakilati Farida alas sidaqil malum (i.e.

I have given to your client Ahmad in marriage my client Farida on the dowry, which has already been fixed) and thereafter the representative of the man should immediately respond thus: Qabiltut tazwija li Muwakili Ahmad alaS sidaqil malum (that is, I accepted this matrimonial alliance for my client Ahmad on the dowry which has already been fixed). Now the marriage contract is in order.

And, on the basis of obligatory precaution, it is necessary that the words uttered by the man should accord with those uttered by the woman, for example, if the woman says: Zawwajtuka. . . (i.e. I have made myself your wife) the man should also say: Qabilitut tazwija. . . (i.e. I accept the matrimonial alliance). 2378. It is permissible for a man and a woman to recite the formula of the fixed time marriage (Mut'ah) after settling the period of marriage and the amount of dowry.

Hence, if the "man says: Zawwajtuka nafsi fil muddatil malumati alal mahril malum (i.e. I have made myself your wife for the period against the dowry which have already been fixed) and then the man immediately responds thus: Qabiltu (i.e. I have accepted), the marriage will be in order. And the marriage will also be in order if they appoint other persons to act as their representatives.

In the first instance the representative of the woman should say to the representative of the man thus: Matta'tu muwakkilati muwakkilaka fil muddatil malumati alal mahril malum (i.e.