Critical analysis of the famous theory of Imami jurists in monopolizing the words of the marriage contract

Abstract

Well-known Imami jurists believe that marriage contract, are not permissible by conduct. in addition to the intention and consent of the parties, requires the form of offer and acceptance. In the form of acceptance, they agree that it is not exclusive to certain words and accept the correct with any word that indicates the consent of the couple, but they have considered the form of offer only in certain specific words. Contrary to this view, Sunni jurists, in marriage, like other contracts, have not considered the word of offer to be limited to the words of the Qur'an and Sunnah, and consider any word that indicates a purpose to be useful in marriage. This view can be considered the flow of this ruling in other contracts and the exception of marriage in the rival view. This article re-evaluates the reasons for the monopoly of the form of offer in marriage and criticizes the famous view of Imami jurists. In this regard, he has benefited from a comparative study of the opinions and fatwas of Sunni scholars and their arguments in this regard.

Keywords

• marriage contract
• affirmative form
• intent
• satisfaction
• suspending of the marriage