them to enjoy the feftival, and to unite in the duties o f it -with a
cheerful mind ; and the defign is belt anfwered by the donation bein'*
made before prayer.
If the Sadka-fittirbe difcharged previous to the day of the feftival
of F ittir, it is law fu l; beeaufe the difcharge of an obligation, at any
time after the eftablifhment of the caufe of the obligation, is legal,
in the fame manner as that o f Zakat previous -to the lapfe o f Hawldn-
Hdiiil.
I f a perfon were not to difcharge the Sadka-fittir within the day
of the feftival o f F ittir, yet the obligation ftill continues, and it is
proper that it be made good afterwards, beeaufe the obligation of it is
impofed with a view to the relief o f the poor, which object ftill remains
: contrary to facrifice, the obligation to which, if it be neglefted
on the Yawn-al N ihr, [the day o f facrifice, being the tenth of the
month Zee.alFIidjee,\ drops altogether;— this being merely an act of
piety, in which the wants or rights of others are no wag concerned.
h e d J t j .
H E D J T A .
B O O K jPJ
Of N I K K A H} or M A R R I A G E.
N I K K A H ; in- its primitive fenfe, means carnal conjunBion.
Some have faid that it ftgnifies cmjunElion generally. In the
language o f the law it implies a l particular contract ufed. for the
purpofe of legalizing generation.
Chap. I. Introdudtory.
Chap. II. O f GuardtanJhip zxiA Equality.
Chap. III. O f the Mibr, or Dower.
Chap. IV. O f the Marriage of Slaves-.
Chap. V . O f the Marriage of Infidels.
Chap. VI. O f Kijfm, or Partition.
Definition o f
the term.
C H A P .