Friday, March 6, 2009

Eathar Marriage! (1)

Islamic Fiqh Council in Sudan has approved a new kind of marriage; (Eathar Marriage). Have you heard about this kind of marriage that legalized in the late Fatwa "legal Islamic opinion"?
This marriage contains all the conditions of legal marriage in Islamic Fiqh. Therefore, we have no reason to refuse it or to say a single word against it.
Before we discuss that, let us ask; what are the conditions of marriage in Islamic Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence)? You can find several opinions in Islamic schools of Fiqh, but the complete and comprehensive list contains: consent (for the man and the woman), dowry, two witnesses, guardian permission and declaration.
However, there are different opinions to explain these conditions, as example the minimum amount of money that can be a dowry in Maliki School of Fiqh is two grams of gold. It equals now 125 SG, nearly $ 55!
In Eathar Marriage all these conditions are valid, but a new concept has appeared in the (rights and duties equation).
Eathar is an Arabic word, it means (altruism or unselfishness). In this case it means that the woman is going to consider her husband-to-be situation and she will make with him a new agreement on her rights; dwelling and expenditure. For example they can meat anywhere for three or five days per month for two years till he can prepare a private house for her.
Because of that, the conservative group who criticized this kind of marriage in Sudan said that it is just Islamicization or legalization for dating!