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Laws of war and peace Family, marriage and kinship Women

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Format: Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released: 2016 CE · 1437 AH†
Countries: PH
Languages: tl (original) · fil (original) · ms (original)
Approach: drama of Muslim life
Depiction of sacred figures: The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

A Filipino film about two Muslim families in Mindanao held captive by the clan feud of 'rido'; a major artistic award at the QCinema festival. ¹ ²

People and things also explored

Jāhilī Marriage Forms· The political condition of the Arabs before Islam· The social condition of the Arabs before Islam· Waʾd (Infant Burial)· The capture and release of Hatim al-Ta'i's daughter· Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan· The marriage of Fatima and Ali· The Prophet's marriage to Khadija

Sources

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islam.museum contributors. “Women of the Weeping River”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/nisa-nahr-al-mutawailin-2016/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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Jāhilī Marriage Forms

Four pagan marriage forms — common, istibda‘ (lending a wife for a better lineage), communal paternity assignment, and wife-swapping (al-badal) — Islam abolished all but the first.