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Appendix I - Model-Nikahnama of the AIMPLB

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Mengia Hong Tschalaer
Affiliation:
City University of New York
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Summary

This version of the contract was translated from Urdu into English.

Nikahnama

1. Place of Nikah … post … Signature

Block / mandal district … State …

… date … time … name of

the nikah performer … full address

of the place …

2. Name of the groom … father's Signature

name … mother's name of groom

… age … nationality

occupation … Rank in occupation … full

address …

3. Name of the bride … father's name Signature

… mothers name … of bride

… age … nationality full address

4. Gaurdian of bride … father's name Signature

… age … occupa- of guardian

tion … Relation of bride … full addr

ess…

5. Name of wakeel … father's name.. Signature

… age … occupa- of wakeel

tion … relation to bride … full address

6. Name of the withness (1) … fathers’ Signature

name … age … of witness

occupation … full address …

7. Name of witness (2) … father's Signature

name … age … occupation of witness

… full address …

8. Amount of the Mehr … in words … Signature

… in numbers … of the

… given at the time of Nikah … nikah per-

… given after Nikaah … fomer with

date

Signature of bride Signature of groom

Iqrarnama

The person performing the nikah has to ensure that the following criteria are met by the groom and the bride:

  • 1. The man and woman agreeing to the marriage should not be related by direct blood relationship (sibling), nor should they be foster siblings or a close relative from the paternal or maternal side

  • 2. The woman agreeing to the marriage must not be the sister, aunt (maternal or paternal), niece or a direct relative of the earlier divorcee of the man.

  • 3. The woman cannot be married to another man at the time of this marriage.

  • 4. The woman must not be in iddat either after a divorce or after death of the earlier husband at the tome of the nikah.

  • 5. The woman must not be an earlier divorcee of the same man she is giving her consent to marry now.

  • 6. The Shariat allows more than one spouse for the man given that all his wives are given equal rights and justice.

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    Muslim Women's Quest for Justice
    Gender, Law and Activism in India
    , pp. 199 - 202
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press
    Print publication year: 2017

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