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MANNERS
The Muslims are taught and trained in the Holy laws, manners and etiquittee.
Basic instructions are given in Arabic to read Holy Quran. As soon as the child
starts speaking it is taught to recite the Kalima, to memorise it and to understand
it's meaning. From an early age boys are encouraged to go to mosque for prayer.
Every Muslim has some obligations towards another fellow Muslim. While meeting
a fellow Muslim they greet saying 'as-salamu-alaikkum' (may peace be upon you) in
reply to the greeting as "wa-alaikkum-salam" (similarly. peace be upon you). When
a fellow Muslim cries for help, the other should assist him. When a Muslim falls sick
his fellow members should visit and enquire about him. When a Muslim dies others
should attend his funeral. On occasions of happiness they congratulate others
saying Masha-Allah (All Praise to Allah), while fixing an appointment or programme
or function they say In Sha Allah (if Allah wishes ). Similarly for each and every act
they recite same verses In the name of Allah. Tutored and bred in this way such
practices became routine and a second nature with themzz.
MARRIAGE
lslam discourages celebacy and enjoins marriage on men and women as an
obligation. Procreation is indeed is one of the main objectives of marriage. lslam
lays down rational and just laws about marriage and divorce which satisfy the
human heart and brain. Marriage in lslam Is a social contract entered into by the
parties on a footing of equality and by free consent of the parties. At the time of
marriage the bridegroom has to make a settlement of dower or Mahar on his wife
which is regarded as a debt on his part.
But the marriage ceremonies and practices differ among the sects. Muslim
marriage is a simple process in that the ingrldiants are the consent of the brlde and
bridegroom, payment of Mahar or Dower, a sum to be given by the groom to the brlde
in the presence of a Vakil usually the father of the bride or her close relative and two
wltnesser, a Khazi. Solemnisation of the marriage becomes complete by reciting the
Kuthba by the Khazi followed by a feast. In Muslim marriage alliance the prohibited
degrees are mother, step mother, daughter, step daughter, sister, paternal and maternal
aunts, sister's daughters, niece, foster mother who suckled the individual, foster
sister, wife's mother, wife's daughter, father's wife and daughter in law. Union with
the above categories of women is unlawful in the case of all sects.23