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This page references | This page references scholarly, reliable sources that define or describe the [[Arabic]] term '''nikah''' (or the root n-k-h) as meaning "sexual intercourse", or the contract of ''sexual intercourse'', or [[marriage]] as a contract for ''sexual intercourse'' (for the payment received by the bride for nikah, see [[Purpose of the Mahr]]). | ||
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
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{{Quote|Oussama Arabi, Studies in Modern Islamic Law and Jurisprudence, BRILL, 2001, p. 150 |In the Muslim normative universe, love and sexual emotions between the sexes ought to acquire a lawful form, a fact which is echoed '''in Islamic law where legal sexual intercourse (nikah)''' could only be in the form of a contract (‘aqd): “Legal union according to the Law is the contract of marriage (al-nikah fi’l shar’ ‘aqd al-tizwij). Sexual intercourse (wat’), without a contract, is illegal intercourse (safah, laysa bi-nikah).}} | {{Quote|Oussama Arabi, Studies in Modern Islamic Law and Jurisprudence, BRILL, 2001, p. 150 |In the Muslim normative universe, love and sexual emotions between the sexes ought to acquire a lawful form, a fact which is echoed '''in Islamic law where legal sexual intercourse (nikah)''' could only be in the form of a contract (‘aqd): “Legal union according to the Law is the contract of marriage (al-nikah fi’l shar’ ‘aqd al-tizwij). Sexual intercourse (wat’), without a contract, is illegal intercourse (safah, laysa bi-nikah).}} | ||
===Fundamentals of | ===Fundamentals of [[Ijtihad]]=== | ||
{{Quote|Muhammad Taqi Amini, Fundamentals of Ijtehad (I.A.D. religio-philosophy), Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli, 1980|[...] Imam Abu Hanipha [...] argues that the verse uses the word Nikah and it literally means the ‘union’ therefore it means ‘sexual intercourse’ [...]}} | {{Quote|Muhammad Taqi Amini, Fundamentals of Ijtehad (I.A.D. religio-philosophy), Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli, 1980|[...] Imam Abu Hanipha [...] argues that the verse uses the word Nikah and it literally means the ‘union’ therefore it means ‘sexual intercourse’ [...]}} | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Glossary of Islamic Terms]] | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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*[{{Reference archive|1=http://inthenameofallah.org/Marriage+in+Islam+OR+Nikah.html|2=2012-07-19}} Marriage in Islam/ Nikah] | *[{{Reference archive|1=http://inthenameofallah.org/Marriage+in+Islam+OR+Nikah.html|2=2012-07-19}} Marriage in Islam/ Nikah] | ||
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