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onmen to give and the woman has total choice over it. 7. Shariah has appointed certain boundaries after which there remains no right ofthe husband over the wife. 8. Rules have been implaced to separate one ' s selffrom a wife known as Talaaq and Khulaa . 9. Alimony for women has beenmade necessary on men. 1 0. Contrary to the customs ofthe period ofignorance, a man is ordered tomarry only one woman. However permission is granted to marry until four, due to necessity andwith strict conditions and rules. A few Fiqhi Masaail regarding the principles ofNikahnow fol low. IJAAB AND QABOOL Ijaab and Qabool meaning a person says, "I give myself as your marriage partner or in Nikah to you", and the other says, " I have accepted" is a pillar ofNikah. Ijaab is what is said first and whatever is said in it' s reply is known as Qabool. It is not necessary that a woman makes Ijaab and a man makes Qabool only, rather it can occur vice­ versaas well. (Durre-Mukhtaar, Raddul-Muhtaar) Rule- Ifthe father orWakeel ofthe girl says to the man, "I have givenmy daughter or the one who has delegated me power in Nikah to you or have made her Nikah to you." To which he replies, " I have accepted " or his father or wakeel replies, "I have accepted her for my son or the man I represent" then the Nikah is valid and done. (Alamghiri) Rule- If a woman says to a man, " I have made my Nikah to you on condition that whenever I choose to, I can take my Talaaq" and he accepts then the Nikah is done and the woman has the choice of taking Talaaq whenever she wishes to. Rule� When aman comes to the father ofthe girl and says to him, "I have 1 80