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Imlak (marriage contract, and the wedding feast of the contract)

الإملاك

Imlak means marriage and the marriage contract. 1 The wedding feast of the contract is a sunna for the Shafi'is and Hanbalis, and accepting the invitation to it is a sunna for the Shafi'is; for the Shafi'is one feast is enough, with the feast of consummation. 12

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Family, marriage and kinship

Definition

Imlak in the lexical sense is marriage, the contract of the nikah. 1

Ruling

The feast of the contract is a sunna for the Shafi'is and Hanbalis, and accepting the invitation to it is a sunna for the Shafi'is. The Shafi'is hold that one feast is enough, the feast of consummation being the same. 12

People and things also explored

Taj Mahal· Abawan (the two parents)· Justice among co-wives· Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband· Fleshy growth in the wife's womb and the right to annul (afal)· Ahl al-Nasab (the kin by descent, and who counts as kin in bequests and endowments)· Akdariyya (a named inheritance case)· Brother (full, paternal and maternal) in law

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.3396
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.3397
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