Review article on the subject of Sharia law in personal status matters according to the Ja'fari school of thought

Abstract

The Code of Sharia Provisions in Personal Status Matters was issued according to the Jaafari school of thought by Decree No. 10 of 2025 and published in the Iraqi Chronicle Newspaper No. 4843 of 2025, and the Code is an appendix to Law No. 1 of 2025, which is the Law Amending the Personal Status Law No. 188 of 1959, and its issuance was as explained in the text of the decision based on the provisions of the first clause of Article 61 of the Constitution, which stipulates that "the House of Representatives shall be competent to legislate federal laws". According to Article 73 of the Constitution, which stipulates that "the President of the Republic shall have the power to issue presidential decrees", and based on Article 1 of Law No. 1 of 2025 (Law No. 188 of 1959), which stipulates that "the Iraqi Muslim and the Iraqi Muslim woman, upon concluding a marriage contract between them and registering it in the Personal Status Court, have the option to apply to them and their minor children the provisions of the Ja'fari Shiite school in all matters of personal status, and they have no choice to change their choice later."