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TALAQ, OR DIVORCE.

tation of Shammai (St. Matt. v. 32), whilst Muhammad adopted that of Hillel, but dispensing with the "bill of divorcement" enjoined by the Mosaic code, thereby placing the woman entirely at the will and caprice of her husband.