The Islamic Marriage Contract: Case Studies in Islamic Family Law

by Asifa Quraishi

It is often said that marriage in Islamic law is a civil contract, not a sacrament. If this is so, this means that the marriage contract is largely governed by the same rules as other contracts, such as sale or hire. But at the same time marriage is a profound concern of the Islamic scriptures of Qur'an and Sunna, and thus at the very core of the law and morality of Islam and of the individual, familial, and social life of Muslims. This volume...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067402821X
• ISBN13: 9780674028210
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.4"