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4 Requirements for Marriage
Mutual desire and intention that the a man and a women would like to get married to spend the rest of their lives as a strictly monogamous couple
Man provides the dowry - agree between the two what that is
Solemn pledge man makes to the women
Consummation 
Should you do a formal marriage under state law? Should you announce it? Should you have a ceremony? 
Ask yourself why not? Are you trying to make it easy to divorce
Only Mutually Acceptable Transactions Can Be Made
[4:29] O you who believe, do not consume each others' properties illicitly - only mutually acceptable transactions are permitted. You shall not kill yourselves. GOD is Merciful towards you.
The expectation is that the marriage is supposed to be for their entire lives
Protection for the Women
[4:20] If you wish to marry another wife, in place of your present wife, and you had given any of them a great deal, you shall not take back anything you had given her. Would you take it fraudulently, maliciously, and sinfully? [4:21] How could you take it back, after you have been intimate with each other, and they had taken from you a solemn pledge?
You Shall Keep Your Word
[16:91] You shall fulfill your covenant with GOD when you make such a covenant. You shall not violate the oaths after swearing (by God) to carry them out, for you have made GOD a guarantor for you. GOD knows everything you do. [16:92] Do not be like the knitter who unravels her strong knitting into piles of flimsy yarn. This is your example if you abuse the oaths to take advantage of one another. Whether one group is larger than the other, GOD thus puts you to the test. He will surely show you on the Day of Resurrection everything you had disputed.
God discourages divorce
(temporary marriages) is just prostitution
[24:33] Those who cannot afford to get married shall maintain morality until GOD provides for them from His grace. .… You shall not force your girls (women) to commit prostitution, seeking the materials of this world, if they wish to be chaste. If anyone forces them, then GOD, seeing that they are forced, is Forgiver, Merciful.
[2:191] ...Oppression is worse than murder.
Age
[17:38] All bad behavior is condemned by your Lord.
Morality - all bad behavior is prohibited - not sure what that is ask 10 people do you think this is good behavior if 9/10 people tell you that isn’t moral behavior then it probably isn't
Word for marriage is full grown / working age / done with puberty (women)
4:127 - النِّسَاءِ = (al-neesa - like name of cousin) the orphan women
ن س و = women 
Root = ف ت ي
to be young; full-grown; brave; generous; youth; generosity; manly qualities; young man; bold; courageous; young slave; fine fellow; servant; to advise; explain; give opinion or instruction; judgment or decision in a matter of law; give a formal legal decree; issue a (divine) decree or a sacred law; explain the meaning; pronounce; to consult; ask opinion or advice; decision; opinion; advice
4:25 - فَتَيَاتِكُمُ = (fatty yateh koom ) full-grown young women
24:33 - full-grown women (young women) - in context of forcing to prostitution
Root for female - irrespective of age is 
ا ن ث = female = أُنْثَىٰ 
[3:36] When she gave birth to her, she said, "My Lord, I have given birth to a girl"—GOD was fully aware of what she bore—"The male is not the same as the female. I have named her Mary and I invoke Your protection for her and her descendants from the rejected devil."
The age of marriage also means puberty 
ن ك ح = to tie; make a knot; contract; cement; marriage (age of marriage / age to sign a contract) 
النِّكَاحَ -  age of marriage / puberty / sexual maturity / age to be able to sign a contract independently
4:6

Khalifa


You shall test the orphans when they reach puberty. As soon as you