5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

It is sahîh for a man to marry a woman who is pregnant
through adultery before the child is delivered. But it is not
permissible for him to have sex with her until she delivers, and
in this period it is not wâjib for the man to support her. It is not
valid to marry a woman who is pregnant through nikâh until she
delivers. It is permissible for the adulterer to marry, and also to
have sex with, a woman with whom he has already had
adultery. The child which is delivered in after the sixth month
after the nikâh will be his own child. If the child is delivered
before the sixth month and if he claims that it is his child then it
will be his child. It is jâiz to marry and have sex before having
istibrâ a woman who has already committed adultery with
somebody else. The âyat, “The adulteress cannot be married
by other men” was cancelled with the third âyat of Nisâ Surâ
and with a hadîth-i-sherîf. A person can have sex with his wife
who has committed adultery, without waiting until the end of
iddat period.
Performance of the nikâh agreebly with the sunna: Two
or more sâlih Muslim men gather together. There should be no
women among the men. As well, the men and women should
gather at separate houses for the wedding feast. It is harâm to
show the bride to a nâ-mahram man. A person who does not
attach due importance to a harâm will become a disbeliever and
the nikâh will be dissolved. At first, one man from each side
should deliver a speech. Then the man who represents the
woman (her wakîl) states the number of gold coins they
demand for her mahr. If the man does not accept this amount,
the parties negotiate and come to an agreement. Then the walî
of the woman or her Muslim wakîl says the following:
“Bismillah walhamdu lillah, was-salâtu alâ Rasûlillah” and
then says to the groom “I have given... (name of the girl) who is
the daughter of.... (name of her father) to you for your wife. As
her walî [or her wakîl], I have given... who is the daughter of.....,
for.... [for example ten Reshad gold coins] of mu’ajjal [that is, to
be paid in advance] and for.... [for example twenty Reshad gold
coins] of mu’ejjel [that is, to be paid later on] mahr to you for
your wife.” If the groom is not present, he says these words to
his wakîl, but in this case he does not say, “to you”; instead, he
says, “to ... (name of the groom) who is the son of... (name of
his father)”. These statements are named îjâb, which means
offer. After this, if the groom is present, he answers as follows:
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