A Critical Note on Fiqh of Marriage

Marriage in the Islamic fiqh tends to be materialistic and far from philosophical and romantic arrangement. Sometimes, Muslims need to look at the marriage ceremony of adherents of other religions. In the Catholic marriage, for example, the central topic in the wedding arrangement is about love. Love is the foundation that will strongly sustain the future household. Due to the strong bonds of marriage that tie the couple, the pastor used to say in the wedding ceremony “What God has united, man must not divide”.