4. The Sift-ul-Imán. A profession of belief in God, the angels, the scriptures, the prophets, the resurrection, and in fate or absolute decree of good and evil.
The Qází then requests the bride's attorney to take the hand of the bridegroom, and to say, "Such an one's daughter, by the agency of her attorney, and by the testimony of two witnesses, has, in your marriage with her, had such a dower settled upon her, do you consent to it?" To which the bridegroom replies, "With my whole heart and soul, to my marriage with this woman as well as to the dower already settled upon her, I consent, I consent, I consent!"
After this the Qází raises his hands, and offers the following prayer:—
"O great God! grant that mutual love may reign between this couple, as it existed between Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Joseph and Zulekha,[1] Moses and Zipporah, his Highness Muhammad and ʾA′yesha, and his Highness ʾAli Murtuza and Fátimah-uz-Zahra."
- ↑ According to Muhammad, Joseph afterwards married Zulekha, the widow of Potiphar.
