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CONCEPT OF MARRIAGE

23rd April 2022 By: Nur Alia Najihah Binti Mohd Irwan (2116472)

Marriage is defined as a formal union, social and legal compact between two persons that unites
their lives legally, economically, and emotionally. The contractual marriage arrangement
typically means that the couple has legal obligations to each other for the rest of their life or until
they desire to divorce. Being married also legitimacy sexual encounters within the marriage.
While marriage in Islam is a holy relationship that make a man and a woman's love-relationship
halal and is seen as an act of worship.Both husband and wife must steer and lead their married
life by keeping the rules that Allah has given down in reference to marriage.

Marriage is "mithaq", a solemn covenant (agreement). It is not a matter which can be taken
lightly. It should be entered into with total commitment and full knowledge of what it involves. It
is not like buying a new dress where you can exchange it if you don't like it. Your partner should
be your choice for life. One should be mature enough to understand the demands of marriage so
that the union can be a lasting one. For a marriage to be valid certain conditions must be met:
consent of both parties, ‘Mahr’ a gift from the groom to his bride, witnesses of 2 male or female,
and publicized, which is the marriage is never to be kept secret as it leads to suspicion and
troubles within the community.

Marriage makes an incomplete human being a complete one, our Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
says, “No house has been built in Islam more beloved in the sight of Allah than through
marriage. Besides providing tranquility, peace, and security, marriage is one of the most liked
Sunnah in Islam as our beloved Prophet married and also encouraged others as it is necessary to
create a family.

Marriage is important as it marks a new beginning. Marriage displays life-time commitment,


allowing one to care for their partner and family selflessly. It labels the beginning of a special
bond hence connecting with one’s partner physically, emotionally, and spiritually. In marriage,
the couple work as a team and experience hardships and successes and rise to challenges
together, and share emotions, feelings, and life with their spouse. Some of the many ways to
maintain a healthy marriage in Islam are giving each other space and support, stay positive and
don’t recklessly fitnah the other, drem and pray together, and obtain and follow the rights and
obligations of husband and wife in Islam.

Besides, marriage is designed for purity and avoid fornication. In Islam, temptation is faced
nearly every minute and from all directions. Fornication is absolutely forbidden and considered
grave sins that bear serious consequences both in this world and the hereafter. Islam provides
solutions to the emotional eagerness in having sex which is marriage. The bond of marriage
gives the support to defeat temptation by engaging in deep, satisfying love, a love that gives to,
and receives from our mate physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

One of the wife’s rights, which is also the husband’s obligation, is that the husband is responsible
for the wife's maintenance. A component of his role as leader is to bear the financial
responsibility of the family in a generous way so that his wife may be assured security and thus
perform her role devotedly. Beside that, the wife is entitled to a marriage gift, ‘Mahr’ from her
husband that belongs to her only. This may be prompt or deferred depending on the agreement
between the parties. It can be material like money or gold or non-material like teaching her to
read the Qur'an. There is no specification in the Qur'an as to what or how much the Mahr has to
be. Also, a husband is commanded by the law of Allah to treat his wife with equity, respect her
feelings and show kindness and consideration, especially if he has another wife.

The wife also has obligations which are also the rights of the husband. One of them is to
contribute to the success and blissfulness of the marriage. She must be attentive to the comfort
and wellbeing of her husband. The wife must be faithful, trustworthy and honest. She also must
not allow any other person to have access to that which is exclusively the husband's right to
avoid jealousy, suspicion and gossip. The wife must not refuse her husband sexually as this can
lead to marital problems and worse still tempt the man to adultery. The husband of course should
take into account the wife's health and general consideration should be given. Besides, the wife
needs to be obedient to keep the family unit running as smoothly as possible. The man has been
given the right to be obeyed because he is the leader and not because he is superior. Obedience
does not mean blind obedience.
Marriage represents a multi-level commitment, one that involves person-to-person, family-to-
family, and couple-to-state commitments. In all societies, marriage is viewed as a relatively
permanent bond, so much so that in some societies it is virtually irreversible. The stability
provided by a life-long promise of remaining together makes marriage the institution most suited
to rearing and socializing the next generation of members, a necessary task if the society's norms,
values, and goals are to be maintained and if the society itself is to be perpetuated.

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