It suffices in temporary marriage if the woman says...

It suffices in temporary marriage if the woman says, after specifying the duration (of the marriage agreement) and the dowry: زَوَّجْتُكَ نَفْسِي فِي المُدَّةِ المَعْلُومَةِ عَلَى المَهْرِ المَعْلُومِ I marry myself to you for the agreed upon time period for the agreed upon dowry.

And the man says: قَبلتُ التَّزْوِيجَ I accept the marriage Or the representative of a woman says: زَوَّجْتُ مُوَكِّلَتِي مُوَكِّلَكَ فِي المُدَّةِ المَعْلُومَةِ عَلَى المَهْرِ المَعْلُومِ I marry the woman I represent to the man you represent for the agreed upon time for the agreed upon dowry And the representative of the man says: قَبلتُ لِمُوكَّلي التَّزْوِيجَ I accept the marriage for the man I represent Conditions of The Matrimonial Contract Issue 800: Some matters are conditional in the matrimonial contract ('Aqd An-Nikaah): The precaution is to perform the Seeghah of marriage in proper 'Arabic.

When the two sides are not able to perform the Seeghah in 'Arabic, they can perform it in their language. It is not obligatory to appoint anyone to perform the Seeghah in the 'Arabic language (although, it is better). However, it is obligatory to perform the Seeghah with words which convey the same meaning understood from the 'Arabic Seeghah.

It is obligatory upon whomever performs the Seeghah o f marriage that they intend Inshaa’, meaning that they intend to establish a marital bond between the man and woman by reciting these words (of the Seeghah), then, the woman makes herself a wife for the man with these words and the man accepts this meaning. Likewise, it is obligatory for the representative to have in the intention of Inshaa’ as well.

Sanity and maturity (Buloogh) is conditional for whoever performs the Seeghah, according to precaution. It is obligatory upon the guardian (Waliy) or representative (Wakeel) that they specify the man and woman at the time of performing the Seeghah of the contract. According to this, when a man has a number of daughters it is not proper that he says: I am marrying one of my daughters to you . It is a condition that the man and the woman are agreed to the marriage voluntarily.

However, when one of the two was apparently not agreed but we know of their agreement in their heart, their marriage is proper, in the reverse situation, their marriage is not proper. It is obligatory that the performance of the Seeghah of the marriage contract be done in a proper manner.

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