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Can a person with an unsound mind get married under muslim law?

    Home Marriage and Divorce Can a person with an unsound mind get married under muslim law?
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    Can a person with an unsound mind get married under muslim law?

    By Malavika Rajkumar | Marriage and Divorce, Muslim Marriage | 0 comment | 28 June, 2019 | 0

    For those people with an unsound mind, marriage can take place with the permission of the guardian, but this option can only be exercised when the person with an unsound mind recovers reason or becomes sound.  1

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    1. Mulla, D. F., Sir. (n.d.). Principles of Mahomedan Law (20th ed.) p.330.[↩]
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