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from 7 - Appendices: Model-Nikahnamas
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 February 2018
This version of the contract was translated from Urdu into English.
Nikahnama
1. Place of Nikah … post … Signature
Block / mandal district … State …
… date … time … name of
the nikah performer … full address
of the place …
2. Name of the groom … father's Signature
name … mother's name of groom
… age … nationality
occupation … Rank in occupation … full
address …
3. Name of the bride … father's name Signature
… mothers name … of bride
… age … nationality full address
4. Gaurdian of bride … father's name Signature
… age … occupa- of guardian
tion … Relation of bride … full addr
ess…
5. Name of wakeel … father's name.. Signature
… age … occupa- of wakeel
tion … relation to bride … full address
…
6. Name of the withness (1) … fathers’ Signature
name … age … of witness
occupation … full address …
…
7. Name of witness (2) … father's Signature
name … age … occupation of witness
… full address …
…
8. Amount of the Mehr … in words … Signature
… in numbers … of the
… given at the time of Nikah … nikah per-
… given after Nikaah … fomer with
date
Signature of bride Signature of groom
Iqrarnama
The person performing the nikah has to ensure that the following criteria are met by the groom and the bride:
1. The man and woman agreeing to the marriage should not be related by direct blood relationship (sibling), nor should they be foster siblings or a close relative from the paternal or maternal side
2. The woman agreeing to the marriage must not be the sister, aunt (maternal or paternal), niece or a direct relative of the earlier divorcee of the man.
3. The woman cannot be married to another man at the time of this marriage.
4. The woman must not be in iddat either after a divorce or after death of the earlier husband at the tome of the nikah.
5. The woman must not be an earlier divorcee of the same man she is giving her consent to marry now.
6. The Shariat allows more than one spouse for the man given that all his wives are given equal rights and justice.
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