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Sunni Islam marriage contract Political Islamic leadership Caliphate Majlis-ash-Shura Imamate Wilayat al-faqih Bay'ah Dhimmi Aman Family Criminal Etiquette Adab Gender segregation ( Purdah ) Mahram Honorifics Toilet Economic Hygiene Military Jihad Ghanimah Hudna Istijarah (asylum) Prisoners of war Social Haqq al-Nas ( The right(s) of the people ) Islamic studies v t e A misyar marriage ( Arabic : نکاح المسيار , romanized : nikāḥ al-misyār or Arabic : زواج المسيار , romanized : zawāj al-misyār also “traveler” or "day" marriage ), is a type of marriage contract allowed by some Sunni Muslims where the wife renounces some Islamic marital rights such as living together, the rights to housing and maintenance money (i.e. financial support or alimony, nafaqa ), and where the husband foregoes the right to home-keeping and access (his right to have her act as his housekeeper and to stay at home unless she has his permission to leave). Because the practice relieves the misyar husband of the obligation to support his wife, it is often used in some Islamic countries by men who cannot afford an orthodox marriage, and also to give a legal recognition to behavior that might otherwise be considered adulterous. Although considered Islamically permissible by many Sunni scholars, the practices is socially stigmatized.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Nikah Misyar ( Arabic : المسيار ) is a valid Muslim Nikah (Marriage) carried out via the normal contractual procedure, with the specificity that the husband and wife give up several rights by their own free will, such as living together, equal division of nights between wives in cases of polygamy , the wife's rights to housing, and maintenance money ( " nafaqa " ), and the husband's right of homekeeping, and access etc Essentially the couple continue to live separately from each other, as before their contract, and see each other to fulfil their needs in a permissible ( halaal ) manner when they please.
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Political Islamic leadership Caliphate Majlis-ash-Shura Imamate Wilayat al-faqih Bay'ah Dhimmi Aman Family Criminal Etiquette Adab Gender segregation ( Purdah ) Mahram Honorifics Toilet Economic Hygiene Military Jihad Ghanimah Hudna Istijarah (asylum) Prisoners of war Social Haqq al-Nas ( The right(s) of the people ) Islamic studies v t e In Islamic law, Nikah al-Misyar ( or more often zawaj al-misyar "traveller's marriage") is a type of Nikah (marriage contract) that is ostensibly carried out with the objective of allowing a couple to engage in intercourse in a permissible ( halaal ) manner.The husband and wife thus joined surrender several marital rights, such as living together, equal division of nights between wives in cases of polygyny , the wife's rights to housing and maintenance money ( " nafaqa " ), and the husband's right to homekeeping and access.
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Political Islamic leadership Caliphate Majlis-ash-Shura Imamate Wilayat al-faqih Bay'ah Dhimmi Aman Family Criminal Etiquette Adab Gender segregation ( Purdah ) Mahram Honorifics Toilet Economic Hygiene Military Jihad Ghanimah Hudna Istijarah (asylum) Prisoners of war Social Haqq al-Nas ( The right(s) of the people ) Islamic studies v t e A misyar marriage ( or more often زواج المسيار zawaj al-misyar "traveller's marriage") is a type of marriage contract in Sunni Islam . The husband and wife thus joined are able to renounce some marital rights such as living together, the wife's rights to housing and maintenance money ( nafaqa ), and the husband's right to home-keeping and access.The practice is often used in some Islamic countries to give a legal recognition to behavior that might otherwise be considered adulterous via temporary, contractual marriages.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Sunni Islam marriage contract Political Islamic leadership Caliphate Majlis-ash-Shura Imamate Wilayat al-faqih Bay'ah Dhimmi Aman Family Criminal Etiquette Adab Gender segregation ( Purdah ) Mahram Honorifics Toilet Economic Hygiene Military Jihad Ghanimah Hudna Istijarah (asylum) Prisoners of war Social Haqq al-Nas ( The right(s) of the people ) Islamic studies v t e A misyar marriage ( or more often زواج المسيار zawaj al-misyar "traveller's marriage") is a type of marriage contract allowed by some Sunni Muslims . The husband and wife thus joined are able to renounce some marital rights such as living together, the wife's rights to housing and maintenance money ( nafaqa ), and the husband's right to home-keeping and access. The practice is often used in some Islamic countries to give a legal recognition to behavior that might otherwise be considered adulterous via temporary, contractual marriages.
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type of marriage contract allowed by some sunni muslims where the wife renounces some islamic marital rights su
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