Explanation:

As noted by Justice Mahmood, “Marriage according to the Mahomedan law is not a sacrament but a civil contract. All rights and obligations it creates arise immediately and, are not dependent on any condition precedent such as the payment of dower by the husband to a wife.”[1] The requirements of marriage under Muslim law are very much the same as the civil contract like offer and acceptance, competency of parties to the marriage, consent of the parties.