(a)Define the term Nikāh.
(b)Enumerate ten categories of people prohibited to be married according to Qur’ān 4:22-24.
Explanation
(a)Nikāḥ is an Arabic word meaning “Marriage”,literally, it connotes tying or knotting,It is a legal contract between a man and a woman to be husband and wife.
(b)*Mothers.
*Daughters
*Sisters
*Paternal aunts
*Maternal aunts.
*Brother’s daughters.
*Sister’s daughters
*Grandmothers.
*Foster mothers
*Foster sisters
*Mothers of your wives
*Step daughters born of wives
*Wives of your sons
*Two sisters together.
*Already married women.
*Granddaughters.
*Father’s wives.
*Grandfather’s wives.