Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 440

The provisions of the Ja'fari school. Applicable if both parties are its followers. Their differing schools, even if one of them is Ja'fari. Its necessary consequence. Application of Law 51 of 1984. - Matters relating to religious belief. Judgments therein are based on acknowledgment by outward verbal declaration. Its condition. That the apparent circumstances do not belie it. Its implication. The judiciary may not examine its motives. Its role is confined to examining the consequences arising therefrom according to the provisions of the religion or school professed by the person. - Authentication of a marriage or divorce contract in the Ja'fari Authentication Section does not in itself indicate a particular school of the litigants. An example concerning the court's application of the provisions of the Ja'fari school despite the wife's acknowledgment that she is Sunni, which vitiates its judgment.