I have given my client to your client in fixed time marriage...

I have given my client to your client in fixed time marriage for the period and against the dowry which have already been fixed), and then the representative of the man should immediately respond thus: Qabiltut tazwija li muwakkili hakaza (i.e. I accepted this matrimonial alliance for my client). Conditions Of Marriage **2379.**There are certain conditions for the conclusion of marriage.

The same are as mentioned below: (i) On the basis of precaution the formula of marriage contract should be pronounced in correct Arabic. And if the man and the woman cannot pronounce the formula in correct Arabic they should, if possible, engage, on the basis of obligatory precaution, some one as their representative who can pronounce the formula in correct Arabic.

And if this is not possible they can themselves pronounce it in a language other than Arabic, but they must use words which contain the concept of 'Zawwajtu' and 'Qablitu'. (ii) The man and the woman or their representatives who recite the formula should have the intention of insha (i.e. the object of reciting the formula should be to make the man and the woman as husband and wife respectively).

In other words if the man and the woman themselves pronounce the formula the intention of the woman by saying: 'Zawwajtuka nafsi' should be that she makes herself the wife of the man and by saying: 'Qabilitut tazwija' the man accepts her as his wife. And if the representatives of the man and the woman pronounce the formula their intention by saying: 'Zawwajtu' and 'Qablitu' should be that the man and the woman who have appointed them as their representatives should become husband and wife.

(iii) On the basis of precaution the person who pronounces the formula (whether he pronounces it for himself or has been engaged by some other person as his representative) should be adult and sane. (iv) If the formula is pronounced by the representatives or guardians of the man and the woman they should specify the man and the woman by uttering their names or making signs towards them. Hence, if a person has more than one daughters and he says to a man: Zawwajtuka Ihda Banati (i.e.

I have made one of my daughters your wife) and the man says: Qabiltu (i.e. I have accepted) the marriage contract is void, because the daughter has not been specified. (v) The woman and the man should be willing to enter into a matrimonial alliance.