differentiate the concept of marriage of catholic and islam

Nikah is the only religious requirement for marriage in Islam however in Christianity there is a sequence of rituals that take place during marriage ceremony.

Sex is talked about boldly by Muslim scholars. Christians talk about sex in a ‘spiritual’ context.

Birth control is allowed in Islam while disallowed by the Bible.

Polygamy is not allowed in Christianity but Muslim men are allowed to have up to 4 wives at a time

Divorce is considered a sinful act in Christianity but it is not so in Islam.

A minimum of 4 witnesses are required for Muslim weddings while a minimum of 2 witnesses are needed for Christian weddings.

Muslim women are to be paid a sum of money that is agreed upon by two contracting parties at the time of the marriage by the groom.

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Catholic Beliefs:

The Catholic faith teaches that marriage is an unbreakable bond between a man and a woman. The foundations for this understanding can be found in both the Old and New Testaments:

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth”… Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh (Gen. 1:27-28, 2:24).

he Catechism builds upon God’s call to this fruitful, loved-filled, and unbreakable bond

Islam Beliefs:

Like Christianity, Islam values marriage as an important institution for the building of family and society, and an integral part of salvation. Various hadiths (traditional religious sayings) bear this out; for example: “There is no foundation that has been built in Islam more loved by Allah… than marriage… Allah loves no permissible like marriage, and Allah hates no permissible like divorce” (Mustadrak al-Wasa’il) and “Whoever gets married has safeguarded half of his religion” (Wasa’il al-Shia).

Marriage is so important within Islam that no other option is recognized as praiseworthy. Unlike Catholics, who view celibacy for the sake of the kingdom as a high calling, Muslims see the permanent celibate life as unnatural, given men’s sexual needs and the community’s need to grow. Muslims are encouraged to marry early in life in order to avoid forbidden sexual relations (known as zina in Islam).

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