Perkahwinan Adat Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, dalam Penulisan C.W.C Parr dan W.H. Mackray

The district of Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, practices Adat Pepatih in marriage. However, some ofthe practices oftheAdat Pepatih are considered as contradict to IslamicLaw.Thispaper discussesseveralpracticesofAdat Pepatih in the District of Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, as been reviewed by C.W.C. Parr and Mackray in their writing entitle Marriage in Negeri Sembilan: ANote on the Conflict between theRuleofCustom andThoseofIslam.There are five subjects reviewed by them that need further explanation as far as Islamic Law is concerned: the guardianship of marriage, list of prohibited women to be married, dowry, possessionof property in marriageand polygamy. The discussionelaboratedon the practices of those matters in the Adat Pepatih and opinion of C.W.C. Parr andMackray of thepractices of theAdatPepatih according to Islamic Law. This study found that Parrand Mackray gavemore emphasis on the aspects of the Adat. Their discussions on Islamic Law were in brief and some of them were notinaccordance to Shariah Law. It isundeniable fact due totheir notexpertise in the field of Shariah Law.