مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٤٩٩ - THE METHOD OF PRONOUNCING THE MARRIAGE FORMULA

CONDITIONS OF MARRIAGE
٢٣٧٩.There are certain conditions for the conclusion of marriage. The same are as mentioned below:
(i) On the basis of precaution the formula of marriage contract should be pronounced in correct Arabic. And if the man and the woman cannot pronounce the formula in correct Arabic they should, if possible, engage, on the basis ofobligatory precaution, some one as their representative who can pronounce the formula in correct Arabic. And if this is not possible they can themselves pronounce it in alanguage other than Arabic, but they must use words which contain the concept of Zawwajtu and Qablitu.
(ii) The man and the woman or their representatives who recite theformula should have the intention of insha (i.e. the object of reciting the formula should be to make the man and the woman as husband and wife respectively). In other wordsif the man and the woman themselves pronounce the formula the intention of the woman by saying:Zawwajtuka nafsi should be that she makes herself the wife of the man and bysaying: Qabilitut tazwija the man accepts her as his wife. And if the representatives of the man and the woman pronounce the formula their intention by saying: Zawwajtuand Qablitu should be that the man and the woman who have appointed them as their representatives should become husband and wife.
(iii) On the basis of precaution theperson who pronounces the formula (whether he pronounces it for himself or has been engaged by some other person as his representative) should be adult and sane.
(iv) If the formula is pronounced by the representatives or guardians of the man and the woman they should specify the man and the woman by uttering their names or making signs towardsthem. Hence. if a person has more than one daughters and he says to a man: Zawwajtuka Ihda Banati (i.e. I have