India is a country with diverse religion and culture. Irrespective of this diversity we notice peace and harmony among all the religions. This makes our country rich and colorful. Every religion is ruled by its own laws and customs. Hindus have their respective laws to follow when it comes to marriages, the same is in case of the Muslims. The Muslim marriage act is framed keeping in mind the belief, tradition and culture of the Muslims.

Marriage or “Nikaah” as it is known in Muslims is more of a contract based and has least involvement of rituals. It may be temporary or permanent. It is completely different from Hindu weddings. The main wedding rituals do not last for long. According to the Muslim law, the marriage needs a proposal called the “Ijab” from one and acceptance called “Qubul” from the other as it is required for the contract.

According to Muslim Law, it is necessary that a man or someone on his behalf and the woman or someone on her behalf should give their approval for the marriage and two witnesses should witness the agreement. If the husband wants divorce he may get it very easily just by saying “Talak” three times but for the wife it is different. She needs to fulfill all the terms and condition for the divorce.

The Muslim Marriage law supports polygamy i.e. it allows a man to have four wives if he treats them equally. It is believed that once an individual attends 15 years of age he is eligible to get married applied he is of sound mind or his parents/guardians sign the contract as an approval for the wedding.

There is slight difference in the “Shia” and the “Sunni” Muslim marriages but the basic idea remains the same. There are some prohibited relationships whose marriages are completely deprived. Those include mother and son, grandmother and grandson, uncle and niece, brother and sister and nephew and aunt.