Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Rights of Passage
- Marraige -
- legal agreement
between two families
- usually arranged by parents
- no one forced to
marry against their will
- They have a contract & a dowry
- dowry - a gift of money given to
the bride by the groom's family.
- wedding held at home
or in the mosque
- parents, relatives &
friends are invited
- wear ceremonial clothes
- short, simple ceremony
- conducted by imam or any
qualified male muslim
- couple exchange rings
- vows made in front of
two male witnesses
- couple sign copies of the contract
- most important part
of the marraige
- special wedding reception
after ceremony
- a muslim man can
marry up to 4 wives
- divorce is very
rare in Islam