The following conditions shall be met for the marriage contract to be valid: 1. Specifying the spouses. 2. The wife should not be, permanently or temporarily, part of the category of women to whom marriage is prohibited for the specified man. 3. The consent of the wife. 4. The offer by the guardian (in case the wife is Muslim) and the other’s acceptance, with the exception of the non-citizen Muslim wife if the law of her nationality does not require her to have a guardian in marriage. 5. Testimony of two witnesses.
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