Nikah (Nikkah)

This story is part of a series called Craigslist Confessional. Writer Helena Bala has been meeting people via Craigslist and documenting their stories for over two years. Each story is written as it was told to her. Bala says that by listening to their stories, she hopes to bear witness to her subjects' lives, ...

LUCKNOW: “There is no such thing as Nikah-e-Halala in Islam and polygamy is a provision in Islamic Shariah, not a compulsion for men to follow,” the All ... If then the wife marries another man, and under some reasons, the second marriage also gets dissolved, she can remarry the former husband and ...

The Law Commission of India on Thursday, 30 March, clarified that it would stay away from most laws relating to Muslim marriages and divorces in its draft of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), so as to avoid interference with the Supreme Court. This decision comes in the wake of the apex court agreeing to ...

Following its judgment invalidating triple talaq, the Supreme Court has now set up a Constitution bench to examine the practices of polygamy and nikah halala, a custom by which a woman has to marry and consummate a marriage with someone else before remarrying her previous husband. The Quran ...

Now, it's nikah halala and polygamy. These kinds of issues are deliberately being raised to show Islam in a bad light. We have repeatedly said that nikah halala as is being interpreted by the governments and media is not recognized even in Islam. Similarly, polygamy is certainly allowed if there is need and ...

“Even assuming that the respondent [woman] had embraced Islam…it would not in any manner affect the jurisdiction of the family court to entertain and try the petition for ... The parties in this case got married under the Special Marriage Act in August 1998 and had a nikah ceremony four months later.

LAHORE (Dunya News) – Pakistani actress Meera is once again in hot water as marriage registrar Hamid Khan authenticated her nikkah with ... During his appearance, Hamid Khan assured the judge that Meera's nikkah with Attiq was performed in the presence of witnesses as per Islamic law. He also ...

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Central government's response on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the practice of polygamy, nikah halala (a requirement for a divorced couple to remarry), nikah mutah (temporary marriage in the Shias) and nikah misyar (short-term marriage among ...

Seven months after it quashed triple talaq, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear four petitions including two filed by female victims seeking a ban on controversial Islamic practices such as polygamy and nikah halala. Issuing a notice to the Narendra Modi government, the court sought its views on ...

Nikah halala requires a female divorcee to marry someone else, consummate the marriage and then get a divorce to remarry her previous husband. ... It was further claimed that the practice of polygamy and nikah halala had no basis in the Quran and had been banned/restricted by various Islamic countries ...

Nikah After Marriage Under Special Marriage Act: Divorce Petition Maintainable Before Family Court Under Special Marriage Act: Delhi HC [Read Judgment] ... “Even assuming that the respondent had embraced Islam prior to 20th August 1998, it would not in any manner, effect the jurisdiction of the learned ...

A fresh plea was on Wednesday filed in the Supreme Court seeking to declare as “illegal” and “unconstitutional” the practices of polygamy and 'nikah ... of Islamic faith,” the plea said, adding that while Muslim women cannot engage in a polyandrous marriage, Muslim men claim to have a right to re-marry.

Fresh plea in Supreme Court to declare polygamy, nikah-halala in Islam illegal ... principles of human rights and gender equality, nor an integral part of Islamic faith,” the plea said, adding that while Muslim women cannot engage in a polyandrous marriage, Muslim men claim to have a right to re-marry.

"The practice of polygamy is neither harmonious with the modern principles of human rights and gender equality, nor an integral part of Islamic faith," the plea said, adding that while Muslim women cannot engage in a polyandrous marriage, Muslim men claim to have a right to re-marry. "Such discrimination ...

“It is illegal for a married Muslim female to marry a second time during subsistence of first marriage and such second marriage is void. As marriage is a contract in Islam, the girl can include a condition in marriage contract i.e., nikahnama that boy shall not marry during the subsistence of that marriage.

Sameena Begum was first married in 1999 and she produced two sons. After repeated abuse and a consequent police complaint, she was given triple talaq. She was forced to marry again but to an already married man. After she got pregnant again, she was given triple talaq over the phone after a trivial ...

PIL in SC opposing polygamy, nikah halala is good starting point; discriminatory practices in all religions must be questioned ... have more than one wife while nikah halala requires a divorced woman to marry another man, consummate the marriage and then get a divorce in order to marry her first husband.

Polygamy allows a man to have more than one wife while nikah halala is a practice where a Muslim woman divorced by her husband can remarry her only after she marries someone else, consummates the marriage and then gets a divorce. “It is well settled that Common Law has primacy over the Personal ...

ISLAMABAD: When pictures of third marriage were made public to give an impression that nikah ceremony took place on February 18 instead of ... In Islam, iddah or iddat (period of waiting) is the period a woman must observe after the death of her spouse or after a divorce, during which she may not marry ...

ISLAMABAD: The pending bill titled 'Child Marriage Restraint Bill' in the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) is likely to keep the nikkah age undefined and set 18 years as the age limit for 'rukhsati' (moving to husband's house) in line with the earlier recommendations of the CII. The bill is pending with the CII for ...

CII Chairman Dr Qibla Ayaz says council's report on child marriage likely to be released today. PHOTO: AFP/FILE. ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology is considering sticking to its recommendation given earlier for allowing nikkah at any age but 'rukhsati' (moving to the husband's house) only after ...

One of the favourite jodis from the telly town, Sasural Simar Ka couple, Dipika Kakar and Shoaib Ibrahim were pronounced as Mr and Mrs on February 22, 2017. It was a close-knit nikah ceremony in a village in UP where Shoaib's parents got married decades ago. All their pre-wedding functions including ...

LAHORE: A friend of Bushra Wattoo, Imran Khan's third wife, has claimed that Bushra Bibi's iddat ended on February 14 after which her nikah with the PTI ... Questioned about reports of the marriage having taken place on January 1, Farah said she could not understand how this could be possible when ...

However, the party had later confirmed that Imran proposed marriage to a woman named Bushra Bibi. Speaking to Geo News, Cheema said he still stands by his story that the nikah was solemnised on January 1. He said the ones he had named in his story were also featured in the pictures issued by the ...

Hyderabad: According to Mufti Yahiya Umair Qasmi, a meeting on 'System of Nikah and Talaq in Islam' will be held on Monday, February 12, 2018, after Isha prayers at Nafees Garden Function Hall, Lalapet, Secunderabad. Maulana Mohammed Abdul Qavi, Vice President, City Jamiat Ulama will preside ...

At 13 her parents sent her to Pakistan to do her "nikah", an Islamic marriage, where she was dressed in a traditional bridal gown. On her return home, her father applied to legalise the marriage and apply for a spousal visa for her husband with US authorities. Naila remembers signing some paperwork but ...

At 13 her parents sent her to Pakistan to do her “nikah”, an Islamic marriage, where she was dressed in a traditional bridal gown. On her return home, her father applied to legalise the marriage and apply for a spousal visa for her husband with US authorities. Naila remembers signing some paperwork but ...

The report further said that Imran, shortly after his Nikkah, called Jahangir Tareen to tell him that he contacted the marriage so Tareen could win the next election. Tareen, however, declined that any telephone contact was established and said that Imran had messaged him which didn't mention any election.

'Nikah halala' is a Muslim law that requires a woman to marry another man and consummate the marriage and then get divorce from him in order to remarry her first ... They said many Islamic scholars have already said that 'nikah halala', 'nikah mutah' and 'nikah misyar' are “forbidden and void in Islam.” ...