He says, “I am married to my maternal uncle’s daughter, and I married her under a name other than her own in the marriage contract. I married her under the name of her deceased sister because my wife is not registered in the
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The questioner : He says, “I am married to my maternal uncle’s daughter, and I married her under a name other than her own in the marriage contract. I married her under the name of her deceased sister because my wife is not registered in the birth registry, and we do not know her exact age. What is the ruling on this contract?”
The Shaykh : Because of your wife? Did he marry her, or is it an old wife?
The questioner : No, it is the same wife he married.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He says her age is unknown and she is not registered in the birth registry, so he borrowed her sister’s name and contracted the marriage under it.
The Shaykh : This action is not something that should be done because it involves lying. He named this woman after her sister, so he is lying in that. As for the contract itself, it is valid because it was concluded with a specific, known woman between the guardian, the husband, and the woman being married. However, we advise our brothers and others like them; we advise them and warn them against achieving their goals through lying and deception, for that is one of the signs of the hypocrites. The hypocrites are those who, when they speak, they lie, and when they make a covenant, they betray it. We ask Allah for safety.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And we advise the Egyptian brother; we advise him to go to the marriage officer and correct the name to the woman’s real name. Yes.
The questioner : These are several questions sent by the listener, Marghani Muhammad Ahmad, a Sudanese working in the Yemen Arab Republic.
The Shaykh : Because of your wife? Did he marry her, or is it an old wife?
The questioner : No, it is the same wife he married.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He says her age is unknown and she is not registered in the birth registry, so he borrowed her sister’s name and contracted the marriage under it.
The Shaykh : This action is not something that should be done because it involves lying. He named this woman after her sister, so he is lying in that. As for the contract itself, it is valid because it was concluded with a specific, known woman between the guardian, the husband, and the woman being married. However, we advise our brothers and others like them; we advise them and warn them against achieving their goals through lying and deception, for that is one of the signs of the hypocrites. The hypocrites are those who, when they speak, they lie, and when they make a covenant, they betray it. We ask Allah for safety.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And we advise the Egyptian brother; we advise him to go to the marriage officer and correct the name to the woman’s real name. Yes.
The questioner : These are several questions sent by the listener, Marghani Muhammad Ahmad, a Sudanese working in the Yemen Arab Republic.