Legal Principles On Conversion To Islam
Religious conversion is not prohibited in law. Every person has a right to choose and profess any religion of his/her choice.
This page discusses Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, governing marriage, succession, inheritance, and charities.
Religious conversion is not prohibited in law. Every person has a right to choose and profess any religion of his/her choice.
The guardian’s connection with the child is fiduciary in nature. This is to verify that the underage child is acting in their best interests.
Dower as a right provides women economic and financial stability at the beginning of her married life.
Dower is mainly classified into two types namely specified dower i.e. dower which is fixed and proper dower, which is dower that has not been fixed.
Mehr (dower) means money or property which the wife is entitled to receive from the husband in consideration of the marriage.
There was a huge uproar after the Supreme Court's decision in the Shah Bano case. This is an analysis of the aftermath of the decision.
‘Nafaqah’ refers to the moral duty of a person to take care of his wife and his children until they become independent under Muslim law.
In Muslim communities certain social functions are performed at the time of marriage, which are essential to a valid marriage.
Marriage i.e. (Nikah) in pre-Islamic Arabia, meant different forms of sex relationship between a man and a woman established on certain terms.
Muslim Law in India means (that portion of Islamic civil law which is applied to Muslims as a personal law).