Analysis of Article 1056 of the Civil Code from the Perspective of Jurisprudence and Family Law

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Department of Theology, Farhangīyān University, Tehran, Iran

2 Master’s Graduate, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran

Abstract

Preservation of lineage is one of the purposes of Sharia, which has become the criterion for legislating rulings in Islam. Within man, there is sexual desire, and to meet this need, marriage is placed. On the other hand, in order to preserve the institution of the family, Islam has banned and punished sodomy (homosexuality), which is detested by a healthy nature and religion, and which medically leads to physical, mental and spiritual illnesses. From the perspective of jurisprudence, sodomy has consequences for the issue of marriage, one of which is prohibition of a sodomite from marriage with the mother, sister and daughter of the person with whom he committed this act. In Article 1056 of the Civil Code, the legislator, following the jurisprudence, suffices to mention the general law, which prohibits marriage with the above-mentioned examples, and does not specify whether titles such as "boy" mentioned in the law are relevant or exemplary.  Does this ruling include only three relative titles; mother, sister and daughter or does it also include breastfeeding titles? Do the reluctance and coercion that generally lead to the removal of responsibility, also remove the prohibition of marriage in this matter? What is the meaning of the "heinous act" mentioned in the narrations and the legal article? This study, by referring to jurisprudential sources and examining the reasons, seeks to eliminate the ambiguities mentioned in this legal article. At the end of the research, some suggestions have been made to amend Article 1056 of the Civil Code.

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