Nikah is a beautiful Muslim wedding ceremony

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Nikah is a Muslim wedding ceremony similar to a Christian wedding. It is worth noting that it is held not only among the Tatars, but also in other states where the Laws of the Koran are revered - in the Arab countries, Kazakhstan, India, Uzbekistan and many others.

Conditions for making Nikah

According to the Law of Islam, Nikah is a very important event. But at the same time, such a rite does not have any legal force. Therefore, after it, young people must necessarily register their relationship with the registry office. Nikah has a very long history, since ancient times, a man who expressed a desire to take a girl he liked as a wife had to go to the main square (street) of a city or village and shout loudly that he was taking this woman as his wife.

Sharia Nikah is a marriage between a woman and a man, which is based primarily on the principles of publicity. Islam does not approve of the intention of a guy and a girl to live together without telling anyone about it, this is considered a great vice. It is important that society necessarily recognize the new family.

Nikah in Islam is a custom that can take place only after severalconditions:

1. Both the groom and the bride must agree to marry.

2. Marriage between relatives is strictly forbidden according to the Qur'an.

3. At least one male relative must be present on the girl's side.

4. Witnesses at a wedding can be either two men, or a man and two women (in Islam, the voices of only two women are equal to one male). Women cannot be all witnesses, otherwise such a marriage will be considered invalid.

5. The groom must give a dowry for the bride. In ancient times, the kalym suggested that this should be a very generous gift, for example, a herd of horses or camels. Now the sums of gifts are more modest. The groom must make a gift worth at least 5 thousand rubles. Most often, such a gift is some kind of gold jewelry for a girl. In addition, the future husband undertakes to fulfill any wish of the bride in the future. This may be a request to buy an apartment, a car, purchase other property, the main thing is that the gift has a value of at least 10,000 rubles.

Wedding non-Islamic people

It is worth noting that Nikah is a rite that is performed not only between Muslims. For example, marriage between a Muslim and a woman of a different faith is permitted. But in this case, children who are born in such a family should be brought up only according to the Koran.

Muslim women, as a rule, do not have the opportunity to marry representatives of other faiths. Celebrate Nikah andmarrying an "infidel" is highly undesirable. Under such circumstances, the girl will have to choose what is more important to her - faith or a loved one.

After marriage, a husband and wife have 4 main responsibilities:

- the wife cannot leave the house without her husband's permission;

- a wife should not refuse her husband;

- the husband, in turn, fully supports his wife and should never reproach her for this;

- Husband and wife must have sexual intercourse at least once every 4 months.

Islam pays a lot of attention to family and marriage. Muslims believe that strong families adorn and strengthen society, and couples that do not have spiritual harmony only destroy society. Nikah is the great basis of the union of a man and a woman, indispensable for the prolongation of the family, the preservation of the family and the protection of human dignity.