Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 435

Law 51/1984 applies to those to whom the school of Imam Malik applied. Others. Their own specific rules apply to them. Both parties being of the Ja'fari school. Its implication. Ja'fari jurisprudence governs the facts of the case. - The established rule in the Ja'fari school is that the child belongs to the marital bed. A man may not deny a child born in his marital bed. Its condition. - A husband's claim of marriage to a woman who confirms him, and a woman's claim of marriage to a man who confirms her, shall be adjudged in their favour accordingly. A claim by one and denial by the other. Its effect. Proof is incumbent on the claimant and the oath on the denier.