Opinions of contemporary Muslim Jurists on the registration of marriages

Registration of marriages is one of the debatable issues among contemporary Muslim scholars. Considering the fact that it was not implemented during the Prophet S s. a. w time, many scholars discuss the validity ofits practice as one ofShari 'ah requirements to recognize a marriage contract...

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Main Author: Mahmud , Mek Wok
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Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2011
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description Registration of marriages is one of the debatable issues among contemporary Muslim scholars. Considering the fact that it was not implemented during the Prophet S s. a. w time, many scholars discuss the validity ofits practice as one ofShari 'ah requirements to recognize a marriage contract. Thus, the main objective of this paper is to critically analyze the opinions of Muslim contemporary scholars on the registration of marriage as a requirement for a marriage contract to be recognized and officially authenticated, as currently practiced in many Muslim countries. This paper will give adequate attention to the issue regarding the Shari'ah status, as the registration of marriage has no basis among the Shari'ah requirements for a valid marriage contract. At the end of this research, findings based on the general principles of Shari'ah show that the registration of marriage, though not basically required for a Shari'ah compliant marriage, cannot as such be regarded as alien to Islamic law, as it is comfortably fitted into those aspects of Shari'ah meant for accommodation of contemporary issues. Prominent among these are al-Qiyas, Saddal-Dhara'i'. al-Istilsan, Maqasid al-shari'ah and as-Siyasah al-shar'iyyah otherwise known in "the principles of Islamic Jurisprudence" as secondary sources of Shari'ah.
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spelling iium-185202017-07-21T08:49:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/18520/ Opinions of contemporary Muslim Jurists on the registration of marriages Mahmud , Mek Wok KBP524 Aḥwāl shakhṣīyah Registration of marriages is one of the debatable issues among contemporary Muslim scholars. Considering the fact that it was not implemented during the Prophet S s. a. w time, many scholars discuss the validity ofits practice as one ofShari 'ah requirements to recognize a marriage contract. Thus, the main objective of this paper is to critically analyze the opinions of Muslim contemporary scholars on the registration of marriage as a requirement for a marriage contract to be recognized and officially authenticated, as currently practiced in many Muslim countries. This paper will give adequate attention to the issue regarding the Shari'ah status, as the registration of marriage has no basis among the Shari'ah requirements for a valid marriage contract. At the end of this research, findings based on the general principles of Shari'ah show that the registration of marriage, though not basically required for a Shari'ah compliant marriage, cannot as such be regarded as alien to Islamic law, as it is comfortably fitted into those aspects of Shari'ah meant for accommodation of contemporary issues. Prominent among these are al-Qiyas, Saddal-Dhara'i'. al-Istilsan, Maqasid al-shari'ah and as-Siyasah al-shar'iyyah otherwise known in "the principles of Islamic Jurisprudence" as secondary sources of Shari'ah. IIUM Press 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/18520/1/opinions_of_contemporary_Muslim_jurists_-_c3.pdf Mahmud , Mek Wok (2011) Opinions of contemporary Muslim Jurists on the registration of marriages. In: Reading on women issues. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 81-114. ISBN 9789670225838 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/default.aspx
spellingShingle KBP524 Aḥwāl shakhṣīyah
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Opinions of contemporary Muslim Jurists on the registration of marriages
title Opinions of contemporary Muslim Jurists on the registration of marriages
title_full Opinions of contemporary Muslim Jurists on the registration of marriages
title_fullStr Opinions of contemporary Muslim Jurists on the registration of marriages
title_full_unstemmed Opinions of contemporary Muslim Jurists on the registration of marriages
title_short Opinions of contemporary Muslim Jurists on the registration of marriages
title_sort opinions of contemporary muslim jurists on the registration of marriages
topic KBP524 Aḥwāl shakhṣīyah
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