m committing this sin. Islam also thinks along these lines, that marriage is an institution ordained for the procreation of society in order that human beings may guard themselves against promiscuity and unchasity (Hekmat 11). According to Jewish law marriage is considered as a sacred act and a legal, contractual agreement. This contract much like that of Islam's, represents the agreement of a woman to financial support and other rights that she receives from a man. In the eyes of Jews, marriage as an institution is as much the creation of God as anything in the Torah (Lamm 167). In the Qur'an, Surah Al-Nisa lays out the foundations of marriage and reveals that polygamy was sanctioned, and other important ordinates were introduced, making provision for the maintenance and protection of women and children. The Talmud also explicitly states that one of the duties of a father is to see his son to the alter and to provide enough material support that his daughter will be marriageable (Lamm 160). The Talmud explains both the man and woman's obligations to one another in the marriage by the contract (Ketubah). The Talmud also states explicitly that the purpose of the Ketubah was to make sure that "it should not be easy for a husband to divorce his wife," a protections that is necessary under Jewish law since only the husband can initiate divorce (Lamm 162).
             Nikkah is the legal term for marriage (ceremony) in Islam, the literal meaning for the word being sexual intercourse. "This is the meaning given by the jurists as an agreement resulting in
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