| Muslim marriage as in other faiths is a sacred | | | | on the husband supporting his spouse financially |
| institution. It is a moral contract binding between a | | | | and therefore it is the duty of the husband to |
| Muslim man and a Muslim woman. Muslim | | | | support and protect his wife. The Muslim marriage |
| marriages are performed according to the laws of | | | | rules also insist that the husband should make |
| the Islamic Shariah. Islamic marriages are generally | | | | sure that both his wife and children have access |
| arranged marriages by the parents. The proposal | | | | to the religious Islamic materials. |
| for marriage is made by the girl's parents to the | | | | One major difference between Islam and other |
| guy and once with the acceptance from both the | | | | religion is the practice of polygamy, the Muslim |
| sides the ceremony of engagement is made | | | | men are allowed to marry up to four wives as |
| which is further followed by the marriage. The | | | | long as he can support and protect them. Muslim |
| Islamic marriage is solemnized by a priest who | | | | women however are not allowed to marry more |
| takes the consent of both the bride and the | | | | than one man. The religion of Islam does not |
| groom for the marriage. The bride and the | | | | permit homosexuality. It allows the marriage of a |
| groom's consent is followed by signing of the | | | | Muslim man to a Jewish or a Christian woman. |
| marriage proposal by the bride, the groom and | | | | Though the Islamic law permit's the marriage of |
| the witnesses. The Koran or the holy book is | | | | Christian or a Jewish woman to a Muslim male it |
| placed between them and they are made to see | | | | does not permit them to have the inheritance of |
| each other through a mirror. The Islamic marriage | | | | their spouse unless it is conferred by the Muslim |
| ceremony is celebrated with the distribution of | | | | man on their Jewish or Christian spouses. |
| dates and sweets and with a grand feast. In an | | | | Islamic religion lays down strict marriage |
| Islamic marriage premarital intimacy is strictly not | | | | regulations as marriage and family are the building |
| permitted. According to the religion of Islam a | | | | blocks of Islamic society. The moral contract |
| Muslim marriage is the foundation upon which an | | | | between the husband and wife in Islam is bound |
| Islamic society is built. | | | | by certain rules and regulations. Islam clearly |
| Muslim marriage is characterized by offering of | | | | defines the role of a husband in a family as well |
| the dowry by a Muslim man to his spouse. The | | | | as that of a wife's duty. It is the healthy family |
| main purpose is to safeguard the economic status | | | | life which would form the basis of healthy off |
| of the Muslim women in case of any unto do | | | | springs. This further would lead to the growth of |
| incidents. The dowry or the mahr can be paid | | | | a strong Islamic society. The ultimate aim being |
| before or after the marriage and with the failure | | | | the growth of the religion with staunch followers |
| of the payment of dowry the Muslim marriage | | | | of Islam and Muslim marriage is a really a |
| becomes invalidated. The Muslim marriages insist | | | | formatted institution. |