In Islam, marriage is a contract (Standard Arabic: عقد القران; Egyptian Arabic: كتب الكتاب Katb el-Ketāb; Urdu: Nikahnama) between a man and woman to live as husband and wife. A formal, binding contract is considered integral to a religiously valid Islamic marriage, and outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom and bride. The marriage must be declared publicly. Divorce is permitted.

In addition to the usual marriage until death or divorce, there is a different fixed-term marriage known as Nikāḥ al-Mutʿah ("temporary marriage") permitted only by Twelvers (a branch of Shia Islam) for a pre-fixed period.

It was a Sunnah (custom) of earlier prophets which the Islamic Prophet Muhammad re-instituted and passed on to his ummah or community. The Arabic word for marriage is nikah (Arabic: نكاح‎ nikāḥ), which is generally used to refer to Islamic marriages.

According to the Qur'an a man may have up to four wives at any one time; the restriction on the number was not customary before the Qur'an. There are certain conditions and a warning to men in that the husband is required to treat all wives equally, if not, it is a sin. A bride-to-be may stipulate in the marriage contract her conditions such as monogamy. A woman may not have more than one husband, which is regarded as unacceptable because it could create difficulty in determination of paternity and hence responsibility of upbringing of children and inheritance.

Salma Aghalanguage,hindi-urdu (born october 25, 1965) is a singer and actress from India who sang as well as acted in Indiafilms in the 1980s and the early 1990s.Her first film was B.R ChoprasNikaah She won the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award in 1982 for the ghazal "Dil ke Armaan" in Nikaah.

Salma was grand daughter of 30's/40's famous actor and actress Jugal Kishore Mehra And Anwar Begum who played the roles of the first ever made Heer Ranjha (1932).Salma Aghas Mother Nasreen Being Born To a Star Pair Bagged the Lead with [K. L. Saigal]] in A.K KARDAR'S Shahjahan A prised role of those times(1946) and Aik roz (1947). Nasreen was known to be one of the most beautiful faces in asia. Salmas entire family was settled in London.salma studied in london and for further studies went to Switzerland where her father(Liaquat Gul Agha) had a huge business of Persian Carpets and antiques as her father was From a highly respected and reputed family from Iran, known for trading all over the world. Salmas family name from her fathers side is Tajik but the family was given the title of 'Agha' known as a Respected title in iran and only given when highly reputed in the society. (the direct transalation of 'Agha' is 'Sir') Salma Claims to be An indian since her meternal and peternal families were all born in india,though there all British Nationals.