engagement in Islam

Islamic view about the promise to wed and the period of preparation before marriage
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Summary

engagement in Islam is an Islamic term[1]. It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: God in Islam[3], Rabb[4], Ilah[5], Allah[6]
  • Religion or worldview: Islam[7], Sufism[8]
  • Instance of: Sufi terminology[9]
  • Official language: Arabic[10]
  • Physically interacts with: wedding in Islam[11], consummation in Islam[12]
  • Operator: women in Islam[13], women in the Qur'an[14], female figures in the Quran[15]
  • Based on: waḥy[16], Tanzil[17], Qur’an[18], Sunnah[19], hadith[20], prophetic biography[21], Qisas Al-Anbiya[22], Qur’an story[23]
  • Part of the series: sexuality in Islam[24], Islamic marital jurisprudence[25], Islamic marital practices[26]
  • Depicts: good works in Islam[27]
  • Location: Muslim world[28]
  • Subclass of: engagement[29]
  • Part of: marriage in Islam[30]
  • Has use: chastity in Islam[31], Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah[32], Maqāṣid al-Qur'an[33]
  • Commons category: Betrothal in Islam[34]
  • Language of work or name: Arabic[35], multiple languages[36]
  • Main subject: mahr[37]
  • Work available at URL: https://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=xTb[38], http://www.qurananalysis.com/?q=خطبة[39]
  • Facet of: family in Islam[40]
  • Described by source: Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English)[41], Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān[42], TDV Islamic Encyclopedia[43]
  • Present in work: Al-Baqarah[44], Qur’an[45], hadith[46], tafsir[47]
  • Name in native language: خِطْبَةٌ، خُطُوبَةٌ[48]
  • Different from: khutbah[49]
  • Culture: Islamic culture[50]
  • Connects with: Islamic marriage contract[51]
  • Vocalized name: خِطْبَةٌ، خُطُوبَةٌ[52]

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  41. [43] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Retrieved . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vocalized name → خِطْبَةٌ، خُطُوبَةٌ
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Islam, WikiProject Sufism, WikiProject Sexology and sexuality
    Library of congress authority id → sh85013474
    Image → 002235 Al-Baqrah UrduScript.jpg
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