Islamic Marriages

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Definition of an Islamic Marriage  

Muslim Marriages to Jews and Christians

The format of Islamic marriages till 2003 July

Recognition of Islamic Marriages in post-apartheid South Africa

Validity of an Islamic Marriage by telephone

The consequences suffered by South African Muslims due to the non-recognition of Islamic marriages 

Present Islamic difficulties faced by Muslims due to civil marriages concluded in the "community of property" system and its legal implications to South African Muslims in regard to its inconsistency with the Islamic Law of Inheritance

Future requirements to be followed by all those who solemnize Islamic marriages and drafting of a Islamic marriage register that is mutually acceptable to all groups of Islamic thought.

The need for documenting unrecorded Islamic marriages in South Africa and creating a central dbase of Islamic marriages

Establishing a registration cost for Islamic marriages to be recorded under the MPL in South Africa

The implication for Foreign Muslims who reside in South Africa or where any one of the two spouses reside in South Africa as well as Islamic marital formats concluded by South African Muslims in other countries

The implications of bigamy and polygamy under the MPL in South Africa

The existence of Dual marriage formats to a single spouse- An Islamic marriage and a civil marriage

The Islamic perspective on the community of property marriage

Resource material on the subject

Dbase of Muslim Professionals, Ulema and Institutions involved with the MPL

The need to specify a Mazhab in the contract due to implications in divorce interpretations and other Shari'ah rulings 

An Islamic marriage is valid without having been written or recorded  in the computer system

"Will an aids clearance certificate be advisable"

The need for a Wali (guardian)

Civil ante-nuptial legal contracts and would pre-nuptial Islamic marital contracts have legal status in MPL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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