العادات المعوّقة للزواج في ولاية كابيسا بأفغانستان

Abstract

ABSTRACT
 This research is aimed to investigate on customs and traditions of marriage in Kapisa province, Afghanistan. It aimed at answering these main questions: customs and traditions that put obstacles to marriage; how to overcome these hurdles; and fixing them within the Islamic paradigm to make it easy for everyone to marry and not make one refuse marriage. The significance of this study is to try to figure out the solutions to the impediments of marriage in a particular Islamic society that suffers more than any part of the country. Marriage has an important role in the betterment of society and preserving human generation which is the main objective of Islamic law. The researcher uses an inductive method for collecting data from Islamic sources of Al-Quran, hadith, past and contemporary Muslim jurists` opinions; and an analytical method to analyze the information gathered from the mentioned sources including field study conducted through interviews with religious scholars and societal reformists. The researcher reviewed customs and traditions at different stages of marriage such as traditional of ma marriage proposals, engagement periods, marriage ceremonies, and customs of weddings, criticized those customs and traditions, and looked at those spheres which are mostly obstructive to the marriage process in Kapisa province. To end the research, some proposals for changing cultural practices hindering Islamic marriage among eligible youths were made.