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(1) Custom (Urf oF Taamul)
lag etc.) which were goul and tolerable,
tinued in the society because the Prophet
Irmportance of Customs
‘Although custom is wot any formal source yet, its importance in Muslim law cannot
be under-cstimated. In the absence of 2 rule of law ia the texts of any of the four primary
sources, the customary practices have been segarded as law. Tue four formal sources
namely, Quran, Swina, Ima and Qiyas being fundamental sources, could ot include
minute details in respect of certain matter cases the customs and usages
became a rule in order to complete the law. Therefore, the customary law has been used
to supplement the four primary sources of Muslim law. British cours in India had on
several occasions recognised the legal force of customs and usages. Those courts have
1um use of customary practices in respect of Muslim law and recognised a
the Privy Council observed that if proved, a custom would
prevail over a written (ext of law provided the custom was ancient and invariable, The
‘orthodox Mustims felt that by giving general apy
‘the original Muslim law (Sha
‘They demanded that there should
Ietroduction o Ar Rain's Maslin Jurisprudence (A.A. Allahabed),
11 See KA, Syad Hse
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18 Fyew + Outine of Mohammedan Law Ba 1, p47
18, @91 SIA 10.
SOURCES OF
rot be any place for customs
(0 custom and usage, The custom of ad
Muslims of this State is valid although under Muslim persor
possible 2!
2) Judicial Decisions
Judgment of a superior court becomes an authority for uke courts subordinate to it,
‘The subordinate courts are bound t0 fol
called the prin
practice and therefore, a point of law decided by the Supreme Court or a High Court of
India becomes a source of law’ for the courts subordinate to them,
‘There is not much scope for the jt
the absence of any clear text of Mi
ple, generally the takin
Islam, but the Privy Council allowed sien
Accordingly, the realisation of i
‘now become a rule of
Katheessa Umma v. Narayanath
21, Seo Kha Abdel Raga, AIR (977) LK. 4,
22 Hamecra Bik». Zabai Bis, (1946) BC 86; Marana Begun w Sarat Khan (1931) Al 463,‘snponoud
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MARRIAGE
huinber of male Muslims lost
There were several war-widows and orphans to Whom nobady was
jc Arabian society
jon of women was very bad. In those
the males, The females were
only object of a m:
prejudice
Subsequent Ayar that
©, which was very near to the present
jardian sold the gu
‘you will aot be able to deal equally betwee
the Motazila Muslims,
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ly means
‘band and wife in the
the husband and wife
I. Nikah ot jm-marriage’, ensures
Stability in the matrimoni ship. The Prophet declared that in a tiatriage the
fhusband must pay or promise to pay something to the wife not as her price but a8 « mark
‘of respect towards her. Islam prohibits limitless polygamy and na Muslim is now
fo marry wi
lowed
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(Quran, Sua IV, Aya 3.
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4 See Tahir Matmood (EL): Fanly Law and Sosil Change. 1975 9.115
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ESSENTIALS OF A VALID MARRIAGE | guardian give the consent, the marriage is lawful. A minor's marriage
A marriage is valid (Sahih) if
‘conditions must be Fu
There mu
12. Aber Rabi
13. (1939) 55 AIL. 743,756
the thee aspect
the nature of a Muslim marriage is concerned,
is also their religious duty.
se ig, husband and wife, must be competent.
(2) The consent of the parties, oof
(3) The required formalities are
bbe any prob
We may now discuss hese essential condition
road Jspatenc, p27
1. Competence of the Parties
ime of marriaye, both the pasties ie. the bos and
o enter into the contract of marriage, The patties are cons
apeteat
e (2) ofthe age of pubes
T @) of sound mind, an
(e) Mustims.
(a) Age of puberty
For purposes of marringe, dower and divorce,
law is nor eigh
sinment of a state of pl
‘The same rule may be
the absence of any evidence tothe contrary
sy atthe age of fifteen Years
‘The requirement ‘of the age of puberty is esse
1s pointed out give their own consent for the marriage.
mature enough to give consent for his or her marriage no consent of the guardian is
necessary validaie the martiage."?
may be concluded
form or appearance
Minor's Marriage
Under Muslim law a person who has not attained the age of put fleen years)
is a minor. As such, he (or she) has no capacity to give consent for marriage. A minor's
marriage without the consent of guatdian is void. Tf on behalf of the minor. his or her
erefore, valid
is recognised by the courts as lawful. Following
‘Muslim mactiage— es the fndian Majority ALL. 1875. is
fans, must be a free consent
= 16. (1916) AIR PC 250. Shea, Nea Saiy Al 28) 3OBonn LR 136)
L the Pavy Council al observed thatthe age of perty fort girl nine year. Bat this has wot been
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may be noted that as the macriage does ai
therefore, where any spouse dies after
‘confirmation, he surviving spouse ie
of the deceased.?™
(2) Soundness of Mind
\capable of knowing
jots and can
persons are called
behave
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of Insane Persons
ge by an idiot is void. Eco
Buta person of unsound
age guardian’. In the mattiage of
marriage by a
ssame rules of
n, whose marriage was contracted by a g\
hhas an option to repudiate the martiage on téeovering bis
irrespective of sect or the sub-sect.
fone is Shia
‘cligious mariage.
Inter-Religious Marriage
fous marriage. Suni and Shar laws are different. The law
iely under both the schools,
Marriage of a Muslin femaie with a non-Mustior male
Marriage is irregular.
Marriage is voi.
Marriage is voi.
(©) Muslim female + Non-Muslim male
‘The Special Marriage Act, 1954—A Muslim, whether male or female, «
lawfully marry a non-Musl ge Act, 1954. Marriage co
under this Act is called ‘cou ‘person (whether Hindu or Muslim etc.)
contracts marriage under this A
applicable to him. Thus. if any Muslim contracts a marriage unde?
and its other incidents (... rights und duties of the parties) are rei
1954, is governed by
the provisions of the 1925, and not by the Muslim Law of
inheritance,
24. Fyece : Outies of Muhoromedon Lau. Ed 1V, p99: Sila i the view eapvesied by Ty aed
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Presence af Witnesses
age
Under Muslim personal
‘States of Punjab, Bengal (&
‘and 1949 respect
territories. The pul
1 lav
on ls corary
7 tah Khan}! Madras High Court held that
oma ange at computor ut
a onder aecrain a proper
ny ea ny develop tis poets o eg
sie, tn a course of tine, tis prow
ce wat cust : lative of personal law. The Cox
hed and developed the practice
fon by whi
‘Mustims in
Mose, utd cetanly become a customary ght
Tegisrsion of marrige wes recognised under the customary
a
plaintiff. He had informed the Secretary of 1
‘marriage-register) about the date and time of th
‘marriage could
Samat ‘did not come to register the marriage nor did
register on the dato of marriage. Since the marriage could not be
registration of macriage is not necessary. However. the
jough under Muslim law
‘annot also be said that Mustim Personal
jade of proof. the Muslims of
resp may develo
‘registered as required under the customary lav. But the Secretary of
specified date the plaintiff suffered great meatal agony for the conipensation of which he
ied a suit for damages against the Secretary of Jamath. The Madras High Court held that
si istration of marriage was recognised as"a customary law ofthe
to get his marriage «
nal abseace of the Secretary and his fail
register amounted to denial of plaintiff's legal right which resulted in untoward
‘unpleasant events at
Court held, the
to send the
and eausing mental
ld Secretary of Jamath
ff) to compensate the
to marriages
Act if any party to mari
‘a Suna
uch marriage
ge is void under
ye marriage
personal law. But in tn
rar. I tis not registred, the a
Tiage, Since marriage is also a social ins
law eoquires that co
of the society. Law
‘contracted under cert
(Gthe absolute probil
nature, A marriage
for a Muslim
in his or her ‘prohibited relationship", Two persons are said
ionship’ if they are related to each other by (1) consanzuinity
oF (3) fosterage,
2) Consanguinity (Relation by blood)
let consanguinity or blood-relationship, 2 Muslim cannot marry with any of
(cr he:) following relations
(a) One's own ascendant or descendant, how highsoever,
(8) Descendants of one's father and (or) mother how lowsoever,
{€) Brothers or sisters of one's ascendants how highsoever.
(@) One's own ascendants and descendants +
descendants how lowsoever.
Father and mother of a person are his (her) ascendamts. Ascendant
fiom the side of father are father's father
‘Similarly, ascendamts of higher degree fron
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Relative Probibitions
Relative prohibitions are those prohibitions the compliance of wi
mandatory (aust) but their pracence is deemed {0 be unjust. Under Shari
ry Cust) ad age without any legal ee
erogular, not
(2) Unlawful Coajunetions
AM ted to have two wives ata
each other (by consanguinity. affinity or fost
fof different sexes, they could not have ge wth (wo such wives is an
Unlawful conjunction. For exaruple, a man is prohibited to marry the sister of bis wife
because, if one of them is presumed be a male, they would become brother and sister
the aunt (Broa or Maus i.
se two wives are related to
ner that if they had been
the dasth or divoree of the wife
A marriage against
‘Shia law.—G@) Under Shia lave, marriage with wife's
Khala) is not unlavful conjunction. Therefore one can marcy ‘aunt. But he
‘cannot marry with wife's neice without consent of the wife ; with wife's consent, marriage
Avith wife's neice is permitted. -
A martiage against the cule of unlawful conjunetions (except marriage with
‘wife's aunt) is void under Shia law.**
(2) Marriage with the Eitth Wife
‘Muslim faw permits a limited polygamy of four wives. ‘Tht is t0 say. a Muslim can
snacry lawfully with four wives ata time. But he is prohibited to marry with a fifth wie.
However, marriage with the fifth wife is only ireegular. After the death or the divorce of
fany of the four wives, this irregularity does not exist and he can lawfully marry because
fa time he will have four wives, which is permissible
th wife is void
‘Shi le. —Marriage with the
(3) Marriage with non-Mustim
‘As discussed cartier, a Swen’ male can lawfully contract the marriage with a Kita
female, but he is prohibited to marry a non-Muslim or non-Kitabia woman. For example,
hie is prohibited to marty a Hindu woman, But a marriage against the prohibition
simply irregular, not void al
‘Shia law.—Marriage
aor
Nanwiao ss
Mar
Sun
A martan
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Shia the preseae
contracted without witness iy thettore val oh
e Without Witnesses
(5) Marriage During Iddat
dat is that petiod which aw
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counting
Under Mi
hnusband
may be regarded as the father of such a chi
Drovides that where a marriage is dissol
‘woman cannot re-matry befor
Period. the possible conception by
‘and visible,
‘observing /ddat is void. Different periods
mis legally eequied to undergo, are gaven bolo PO
{) Dissolution of Marri
By Tatag, ia
Marciages Act 103
is tree nar month
(Wf the marriage has not been consummated, the woma
observe dddat, See
(i) 1 te woman is pregnant a the tine of divorce th
extends il detvery a the child or short
(©) Dissoltion of marriage by Death of Husband
(© Where valid mariage sone by the death ofthe shin th dation of
‘dat four mots cn ays, ses pega a the ine of hasan
whichever longer eae
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MARRIAGE 59
agrcements cannot be enforced because they contain ua-
in marriage-agreemenis are illegal :
1 from her husband.
in a marriage-agreement are not against the
legal and is binding upon the parties.
een regarded as legal conditions and the agreements
‘The condition that busband shall not contract a second marriage during
the continuance of the first.
That, a husband and wife shall live in a specified place (matrimonial
home).
Te
band shall pay a fixed maintenance allowance to the wife.
ertain portion of the dower shall be paid at once and the
remainder on the dissolution of marriage,
(i That, the husband shall maintain the childcen of the wife by a former
husband.
(ti) ‘That, the husband shall not prevent the wife from receiving the visits of
her relation whenever she likes.“
A contract between the parties that wife shall generally be at liberty to ive with her
Parents, has been held illegal by the Bombay High Cour. But in Nicamul Haque v.
‘Begum Noorjahan,* the Calcutta High Court held that husband '
house and would not compel the
valid, In Jammu & Kashmir, there is a well established custom of Khanadamad under
which after the marriage, the busband lives with the wife's parents, The High Court of J.
&X. accordingly, held that an agreement under which the husband was required to live
with the wife's parents was valid.
Breach of Marriage-Agreements
Breach of an illegal agreement has no effect on the marital rights and duties of the
Parties because an illegal agreement is not taken into account at all by the courts of law.
On the other hand, if there is a breach of a valid agreement, the result would be :
‘) restitution may be refused to the husband,
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Amount of Dower
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ice among the Muslims is to fix an
husband from pronouncing Talag
the Specified Dower under Sunni law is 10 Dishams. According to Shia law, there is no
such minimum.
Note—Section 5 of the Oud Laws Act, 1876, provides that where the amount of
Specified Dower is excessive with reference to the means and capacity of the husband
then court shall not award the amount fixed in the marriage. The court shall then make
the husband liable only for a reasonable amount keeping in view bis capacity and the
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is not necessary that wife should demand the Prompt Dower
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sappets in the married ife) without mentioning thst
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t jin the custody of her husband, such guardian can take
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yet. Here A and B are on
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