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"If a woman marries without the consent of her guardian, her marriage is null and void...; then, if her marriage hath been consummated, the woman shall take her dower; if her guardians dispute about her marriage, then the king is her guardian."

— Thomas Hughes

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Marry women who will love their husbands and be very prolific, for I want you to be more numerous than any other people.

"When a man calls his wife, she must come, although she be at an oven."

"All young men who have arrived at the ago of puberty should marry, for marriage prevents sins. He who cannot marry should fast."

"When any of you wishes to demand a woman in marriage, if he can arrange it, let him see her first."

"When a Muslim marries he perfects half his religion, and he should practice abstinence for the remaining half."

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