Islamic Fiqh > Marriage and family > Wilaya (marital guardianship) and kafa'a > Wilaya: the wali, its causes and their order
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The leaves on this page deal with the wali, the marriage guardian who concludes the nikah (the marriage contract) on behalf of the woman: his place in the contract (pillar, condition of validity or mere recommendation), the causes that establish his wilaya (guardianship), and the order in which the guardians succeed one another. Every opinion is reported as the leaf reports it, including the internal Hanafi differences between Abu Yusuf and Muhammad ibn al-Hasan.