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Nikaah

نكاح

B.R. Chopra's Hindi film about a wife divorced by triple talaq in a moment of anger — it sparked a national debate in India on Islamic divorce.

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Review
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Family, marriage and kinshipWomenLaw and courts

Screening Room

Format
Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
1982 CE · 1402 AH†
Countries
IN
Languages
hi (original) · ur (original)
Approach
drama of Muslim life
Depiction of sacred figures
The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
Titles in other languages
निकाहنکاحNikaah

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

"Nikaah" is a film about contemporary Muslim life, released in 1982, produced in India, directed by None. Its leading performers include Raj Babbar, None, Salma Agha and Iftekhar. An Indian film by B. R. Chopra about a wife whom her husband divorces with a triple talaq in a fit of anger, and the consequences for the legitimacy of a second marriage; it provoked a national debate in India about divorce in Islam. 1 2

Context and reception

The work is listed in the screening room index with its data and external links.

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Features
Raj Babbar· Deepak Parashar· Salma Agha· Iftekhar
Directed by
Baldev Raj Chopra

People and things also explored

Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband· Fleshy growth in the wife's womb and the right to annul (afal)· Allusion to a proposal during the waiting period· The woman left unmarried (anus) and the rules on her consent and maintenance· Awl (proportional reduction of shares in inheritance)· Breastfeeding and weaning· Maleness (dhukura) as a condition in the rulings· Divorce before consummation

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband

In the lexicon, adl means to prevent, and the jurists use it of a guardian who prevents his ward's marriage, and in the case of divorce for ransom of a husband who harms his wife so that she will pay him back. In principle it is forbidden for a guardian to prevent a ward's marriage to a suitable husband, and for a husband to harm his wife to force her to ransom herself; a guardian may be permitted to refuse for the woman's own benefit. A guardian is an obstructer when a woman asks for a suitable husband, or a suitable man proposes, and he refuses without a valid reason, whether or not she asks for her proper dower; the Hanafis do not count refusing a dower below the usual amount as obstruction, and the Malikis do not count a compelling father's rejection of suitors as obstruction unless harm is intended. Once obstruction is proven before the judge, he orders the marriage; if the guardian still refuses, guardianship passes to the ruler according to the Hanafis, Shafi'is, most Malikis and one Hanbali narration, or to the next guardian according to the main Hanbali view; if all guardians obstruct, the judge contracts the marriage.