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Marriage

A contract, with love and mercy

It begins as a contract. The Qur'an describes it as love and mercy.

  • Intro
  • 12 cards, about 4 min

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In Islam, marriage is a contract, not a sacrament: an offer and acceptance, a gift to the bride, and witnesses. The Qur'an describes it as love and mercy. Divorce is allowed. And several questions are debated, such as consent and more than one wife.

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