Guardianship at the Marriage of Adolescent Maiden

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Unmarried virgin adolescent girl or married, but this marriage hasn’t been consummated or sexual intercourse done in anus or her virginity is removed by non-copulation before maturity or after it, she is equal to maiden and guardianship on her will be arguable in two cases: financial affairs and matrimony. All jurisprudents (Imamiyeh and Sunni) have alliance about non-guardianship in financial affairs of adolescent maiden. With regarding to consensus of all juristic opinions about it, they are at variance in case of guardianship at the marriage of adolescent maiden. Jurisprudents' comments about this can be divided into five categories: Not proving guardianship absolutely, sharing in guardianship, prove of guardianship in permanent marriage and not in temporary, vice versa of previous and proving guardianship absolutely. This study, with critical approach, explains and analyzes the views in the provinces surrounding guardianship at the marriage of adolescent maiden in Islamic jurisprudence and Iranian law. At the end, selected comment that is sharing in guardianship will be described

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