Where Sunni Muslim personal law governs, which set consists entirely of categories of permanent…
Prohibited degrees of consanguinity, affinity and fosterage create permanent bars. The Supreme Court distinguishes those bars from remediable impediments in Mohammed Salim…
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Where Sunni Muslim personal law governs, which set consists entirely of categories of permanent marriage impediments?
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Correct answer A
Prohibited degrees of consanguinity, affinity and fosterage create permanent bars. The Supreme Court distinguishes those bars from remediable impediments in Mohammed Salim v. Shamsudeen.
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Option A
Prohibited blood, marital and foster relationships are permanent bars in the relevant degrees.
Option B
These are examples of temporary or remediable impediments in the classical Sunni classification.
Option C
Consanguinity can be a permanent bar. Missing witnesses and unlawful conjunction are not categories of permanent bars.
Option D
Specified affinity can be a permanent bar. The other impediments in this set are remediable in the classical classification.
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