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Kafa' means social homogeneity. Like the wali and jabr, kafa' is a key concept of the Muslim family as an institution. In addition to the works cited in Note 2, see the very concise summary, entitled "Mesalliance," by Milliot in his Introduction a I'etude du droit musulman, p. 293.

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Jabr means compulsion. On the right of the father to compel his children of both sexes, but especially his daughter, to marry, see the works cited in Note 2. This right of compulsion is far from being unanimously accepted; there are those who contest it. A concise summary of both positions can be found in Milliot, Introduction a I'etude du droit musulman, p. 295

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A wali is a legal guardian. A woman does not marry in Muslim society, but the wali, a man who is the father or his representative on earth, gives her in marriage. For more on this subject see the following: Imam Malik, Kitab al-muwatta, section on "The views of the virgin and the nonvirgin on their marriage," pp. 484 ff.; Imam; Bukhari, Al-Sahih, vol. 3, chapter on marriage, p. 250; Imam Muslim, Al-Sahih, vol. 3, p. 140; Tarmidi, Al-Sahih, vol. 2, p. 380

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The Glorious Koran, Surah XII, »Joseph,« Verse 28. The female destructive power, the qaid, is the substructure of Muslim Arab North African folklore, as can be seen in collections of tales and proverbs

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