Wilayah and Kafa'ah — Marriage

• A Nikah Contracted by the Stepfather
• The Father Gave the Grandfather Authority to Contract the Nikah
• The Grandfather’s Guardianship in Nikah While the Father Is Present
• Whom to Obey in Nikah — the Father or the Mother?
• Regard for the Parents’ Choice in Nikah
• The Maternal Uncle Has No Guardianship in Nikah While the Paternal Uncle Is Present
• The Paternal Uncle’s Right of Guardianship
• The Paternal Uncle’s Guardianship in Nikah over an Adult Girl
• Who Has Guardianship: the Brother or the Paternal Uncle?
• The Right to Marry Off an Adult Girl: the Elder or the Younger Paternal Uncle
• Guardianship in Nikah Belongs to the Brother, Not the Mother
• Guardianship in Nikah: the Mother or the Paternal Half-Brother?
• Who Is the Guardian in Nikah: the Mother or the Paternal Grandmother?
• The Mother Has No Guardianship in Nikah When a Paternal Uncle Exists
• The Mother’s Guardianship in Nikah
• Who Holds Guardianship in Nikah: the Father or the Maternal Grandmother?
• Guardianship in Nikah: the Sister’s Husband or the Paternal Half-Brother?
• Guardianship over the Nikah of a Minor Girl
• The Permission of a Displeased ‘Asaba for a Nikah
• Nikah without the Permission of the Nearest Guardian
• The Right of a Non-Guardian to Conclude Nikah When a Guardian Exists
• One Who Raises Children Is Not a Guardian in Nikah
• Nikah Without a Guardian
• Nikah Performed by a Non-Guardian
• Nikah of a Discerning Minor Without a Guardian
• The Nikah of an Adult Woman Without a Guardian, and the Passage of al-Mabsut
• The Nikah of an Adult Woman Without Her Guardian’s Permission
• The Nikah of an Adult Woman Without Her Consent and a Talaq Pronounced by a Minor’s Guardian
• Guardianship over an Adult Woman
• If the Guardian Does Not Contract a Minor Girl’s Nikah, Who Should?
• The Nikah of a Minor Without a Guardian
• A Nikah Contracted by One Who Is Not the Guardian
• Marrying Off One’s Child Without One’s Own Father’s Permission
• Is Marrying Without the Father’s Permission Disobedience?
• A Girl Performed the Offer and Acceptance of Her Own Nikah
• Nikah of an Adult Young Man Without His Father’s Consent
• Enticing an Adult Girl Away and Marrying Her
• My Parents Want My Nikah in One Place and I in Another: What Should Be Done?
• One Who Is Not the Father by the Shari‘a Is Not the Guardian Either
• Guardianship over a Stepdaughter’s Nikah
• A Fatwa According to the Shafi‘i Position
• Handing Over Guardianship in Nikah in Exchange for the Mahr
• Guardianship of an Insane Person
• The Ruling on a Mother’s Bequest Concerning Nikah
• If the Parents Force Marriage to the Daughter of a Sinful Drunkard
• A Woman Contracting Her Own Nikah
• A Nikah Contracted Contrary to the Sarda Act
• Permission for Nikah Taken from the Guardian by Force
• The Method of Obtaining Permission for Nikah
• The Method of Obtaining Consent for Nikah from an Adult Woman
• When Someone Else Answers the Request for Consent, and the Forms of Consent
• In Permission for Nikah, Is the Heart’s Wish or the Tongue Considered?
• Permission for Nikah by Action
• One Form of Permission from the Guardian
• Witnesses Are Not Required When the Guardian Seeks Permission
• Whose Seeking of Permission Makes Silence Count as Consent
• Silence Is Not Permission When a Non-Guardian Seeks It
• A Girl’s Nikah Without Her Permission
• A Girl’s Refusal after Giving Permission for Nikah
• Nikah of an Adult Woman without Her Permission
• The Nikah of an Adult Woman Is to Be Concluded with Her Permission
• The Nikah of an Adult Girl Without Her Permission
• The Nikah of a Widow Without Explicit Permission
• The Husband Claims Written Permission for the Nikah and the Woman Denies It: What Is the Ruling?
• Performing the Nikah of a Girl Despite Her Refusal
• Hearing the Woman’s Permission for the Nikah
• A Non-Mahram Agent or Witnesses Going to the Girl for Permission
• Khiyar al-Bulugh (the Option upon Reaching Maturity)
• Khiyar al-Bulugh for a Minor Girl
• Khiyar al-Bulugh a Year and a Half after Reaching Maturity
• The Forced Nikah of a Minor Girl and the Details of Khiyar al-Bulugh
• There Is No Khiyar al-Bulugh in a Nikah Contracted by the Father
• Khiyar al-Bulugh in a Nikah Contracted by the Father
• A Nikah Concluded by the Father Cannot Be Annulled after Puberty
• No Option of Puberty in a Nikah Concluded by the Father Even If a Condition Is Breached
• If the Father Concluded the Nikah, There Is No Right of Annulment
• Marrying Off One’s Minor Daughter and Then, after Her Puberty, Marrying Her Elsewhere
• The Option of Puberty in a Nikah Concluded by the Paternal Uncle
• The Option of Puberty for a Minor Girl Because of the Husband’s Bad Character
• The Signs of Puberty
• The Sign of Puberty and Permission for Nikah
• The Age Limit of Puberty
• The Limit of Puberty: Beard and Pubic Hair
• The Limit of Puberty for a Boy and a Girl
• The Limit of Puberty: A Twelve-Year-Old Boy
• One Person Being Both Principal (Asil) and Agent (Wakil) in a Nikah
• A Power of Attorney for Nikah
• Witnesses Are Not Required for Appointing an Agent for Nikah
• Can a Qadiani Be an Agent for Nikah?
• Nikah Through a Qadiani Agent
• A Girl Appointing the Young Man as Agent for Her Nikah; Denying One’s Signature after Appointment and Permission
• Denial after Permission and Signature
• Permission for Nikah Given by an Intoxicated Person
• How Nikah Is Contracted with an Absent Party
• Nikah through a Fuduli in the Case of an Oath of Divorce
• A Young Man Living Abroad Authorises His Father for His Nikah
• Nikah through an Agent or by Letter
• A Girl Appoints a Young Man as Her Agent for Nikah
• Appointing the Maternal Grandfather as Agent (Wakil) for the Nikah
• Nikah When the Young Man Is in Arabia and the Girl in India
• The Issue of Kafa’a (Parity in Marriage)
• Biradari, Caste and Kafa’a
• Is Kafa‘a (Parity in Marriage) an Un-Islamic Notion?
• Kafa‘a (Parity in Marriage) in India
• Kafa‘a, Equality and Nobility of Lineage
• Is Kafa'a Not a Matter of the Shari'a?
• Nikah of a Girl of the Cotton-Carder Caste with a Pashtun
• The Wedding Procession, the Biradari and Kafa'a
• If a Nikah with a Non-Equal Is Contracted with the Consent of the Girl and the Guardian, the Biradari Has No Right to Cut Ties
• The Option When Kafa'a Ceases After the Nikah
• Kafa'a in Occupation
• A Marriage Match with a Family That Makes Pig-Bristle Brushes
• A Shaykh and a Khan Are Equal Matches for Each Other
• Are Turks and Ansaris Equal Matches?
• Are Banjaras and Dyers Equal Matches?
• A Non-Sayyid Marrying a Sayyid Woman
• The Nikah of a Sayyid Woman to a Non-Equal
• The Nikah of a Sayyid Woman to a Pashtun
• Nikah to a Non-Equal
• Marriage to a Non-Equal and the ‘Idda in a Fasid Nikah
• Marriage to a Non-Equal
• Marriage to a Non-Equal
• Marrying a Girl Outside Her Biradari
• A Father Marrying His Minor Daughter to a Non-Equal
• An Adult Girl’s Nikah to a Non-Equal
• Marrying a Righteous Girl to a Sinful, Dissolute Man
• Marrying the Son of a Woman Who Had Left Her Husband
• Is a Child Born of Zina an Equal (Kuf’) for One Not Born of Zina?
• A Sayyid’s Nikah with a Non-Equal (Ghayr Kuf’)
• Parity (Kafa'a) of a New Muslim
• Nikah of an Adult Young Man and Woman of Equal Standing Secretly from Their Parents
• A Grandson Is Not to Be Called Illegitimate Because His Maternal Grandmother Was Unchaste

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