Contractual Stipulations Under Classic Islamic Law and Current Marriage Contracts in USA
This article focuses on stipulations in a Muslim marriage contract with reference to the case of the United States of America(USA). Under classical Islamic work, the majority of Jurists (Jamhur) classify those stipulations as valid or invalid. Valid stipulations are permissible because those promote the objectives of the marriage contract. Invalid stipulations are prohibited for their inconsistency with the principles of Shari'ah. Yet another category of stipulations benefiting the women could be found in a marriage contract. Interestingly,this category is neither prohibited in clear terms nor is expressly allowed. After the conclusion of a marriage contract, Jamhur restrict the insertion of subsequent stipulations, while Hanbali School allows the addition of such stipulations provided it would be of extrinsic nature.In this context, this paper attempts to determine the role and status of stipulations in marriage contracts on the criterion of its beneficial nature for wives.
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Marriage, Contract, Stipulations, Classical Jurists, Additional Conditions, Women Empowerment
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(1) Sardar M.A. Waqar Khan Arif
Assistant Professor of Law, Department of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
(2) Syed Mudasser Fida Gardazi
Assistant Professor of Law, Department of Law, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
(3) Nafees Ahmed Khan
Lecturer in Law, Department of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan.
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APA : Arif, S. M. W. K., Gardazi, S. M. F., & Khan, N. A. (2021). Contractual Stipulations Under Classic Islamic Law and Current Marriage Contracts in USA. Global Regional Review, VI(II), 186 - 195. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2021(VI-II).22
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CHICAGO : Arif, Sardar M.A. Waqar Khan, Syed Mudasser Fida Gardazi, and Nafees Ahmed Khan. 2021. "Contractual Stipulations Under Classic Islamic Law and Current Marriage Contracts in USA." Global Regional Review, VI (II): 186 - 195 doi: 10.31703/grr.2021(VI-II).22
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HARVARD : ARIF, S. M. W. K., GARDAZI, S. M. F. & KHAN, N. A. 2021. Contractual Stipulations Under Classic Islamic Law and Current Marriage Contracts in USA. Global Regional Review, VI, 186 - 195.
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MHRA : Arif, Sardar M.A. Waqar Khan, Syed Mudasser Fida Gardazi, and Nafees Ahmed Khan. 2021. "Contractual Stipulations Under Classic Islamic Law and Current Marriage Contracts in USA." Global Regional Review, VI: 186 - 195
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MLA : Arif, Sardar M.A. Waqar Khan, Syed Mudasser Fida Gardazi, and Nafees Ahmed Khan. "Contractual Stipulations Under Classic Islamic Law and Current Marriage Contracts in USA." Global Regional Review, VI.II (2021): 186 - 195 Print.
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OXFORD : Arif, Sardar M.A. Waqar Khan, Gardazi, Syed Mudasser Fida, and Khan, Nafees Ahmed (2021), "Contractual Stipulations Under Classic Islamic Law and Current Marriage Contracts in USA", Global Regional Review, VI (II), 186 - 195
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TURABIAN : Arif, Sardar M.A. Waqar Khan, Syed Mudasser Fida Gardazi, and Nafees Ahmed Khan. "Contractual Stipulations Under Classic Islamic Law and Current Marriage Contracts in USA." Global Regional Review VI, no. II (2021): 186 - 195. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2021(VI-II).22