Essential requirements of a Muslim marriage are

Ijab is the proposal and Qabul its acceptance. Both are necessary, made by or on behalf of the parties in the same meeting; neither proposal nor acceptance alone completes the marriage. Other applicable capacity and validity conditions remain separate from this question’s choice between those two elements.

Current law: For persons within Uttarakhand Code scope, section 5 permits ceremonies including Nikah, while sections 4 and 6 impose the Code’s governing marriage conditions and registration requirements. Its section 2 exemptions must be respected; the Code does not abolish the Nikah ceremony.