custom are possible:
             the tribe is endogamous. A man is not allowed to marry outsides of his own stock. the tribe is exogamous. A man is not allowed to marry a woman of his own stock. marriage is allowed with kinsfolk and aliens indifferently.
             In the past, there was a slight law of endogamy among Arabs. A man might find often a wife by agreement in a friendly tribe, where there could be no political reason for the woman's kin objecting to the match. Marriage with a woman not of the kin was even preferred, because it was thought that the children of such a match were stronger and better. (Robertson :75). But; starting from the 19th.century There was a stronger preference in the Arabia for the marriage of cousins. They see it as a symbol that units people who are already united with no sociological difference. Among the Bedouins it is a rare thing for a woman to leave her tribe ,while a stranger is permitted to settle down and have a wife (Roberthson:78).
             Well established customs of marriage:
             It is paid by the husband to the bride. It can be a price of compensation for taking the bride from her family, or it is a present from the groom. While the deferred payment is considered a protection for the bride. Data shows that the custom of requiring a symbolic advanced payment is very strong in Beirut upper class families and widespread among upper and middle classes in Amman and Damascus.( Prothero:39). The custom of giving a bride price was until this century widespread in non Islamic as well as Islamic parts of Africa and Asia.(Robertson: 89). This shows the importance of the Dowry custom that has not been faded till now.
             As for the "Zeffa "or the train of people escorting the bride to her bridegroom, it is assumed to be a symbol of a party returning from a successful raid and bearing the bride with them. This is the tradition among the Bedouins. (Robertson :67). The "Zeffa" is much oc...