Necessary Conditions For A Legal Spousal Relationship

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Marriage is an open declaration of a contract by a man and a woman to live permanently as husband and wife. This declaration should be in accordance with law of the land. (Please see: Discussion 29869)

However, there are certain requites of Nikah:

1) A nikah should be conducted through wealth – which refers to the dower (‘Mehar‘).

2) No adulterer has the right to marry a chaste woman and no adulteress has the right to marry a chaste man, except if the matter has not gone to court and the two purify themselves of this sin by sincere repentance.

3) No Muslim can marry a polytheist.

(Please see: Discussion 29887)