My Sister's husband could give her divorce,she has two girls, both very young,below 3 yrs of age, the question is according to islamic law a guy can marry 4 times,but in america only one wife, can this person keep his other wifes in different country and still be allowed to carry on with his first wife here in usa?i mean my brother-in-law is saying if she doesnt come to his home country, she can stay here and he will stay there, he didnt mention divorce, but he did say he will get married there otherwise,will INs people allowe this, my sister says she will not take any responsibility if he marries another time and comes to us,she will report him to INS,and if he divorces her, what rights does she have being a us citizen, can she get allimony,and the kids?can any one plss help me with this.iam asking this because islamic laws allow different marrieges but not us law, so what will likely happen,plss can some one shed some light on this?
2006-10-02 19:55:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Your sister can get child suport and ailimony in the us, but i dont really understand your question. if you have more than one wife in america it is illegal, and they call that bigomy. if you marry some one while you are still married it is not legal
2006-10-02 20:13:31 · answer #1 · answered by creativebeloved 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under Syariah ruling, divorce only happens when the husband recites the talaq to the wife in the presence of witnesses. My country (Singapore), practice the Syariah ruling for Muslim Marriages and I'm not sure if the US does the same. However, if your sister is legally married in the US, she's entitled to alimony as stated in the US legislature or as according to her premarital agreement. A good lawyer can get her a whole lot of money. If not, there is nothing that the legal system can do for her.
Under the Muslim law, a divorced man should provide for muta'ah. It's something like a compensation, calculated based on the prevailing rate times the number of days they have been married. It's different in different countries. Plus, he need to provide for his children too.
To answer your question, Islam does allow a man to marry up to 4 wives. That applies to all countries. But local laws usually do not care if you are married elsewhere.
Is divorce really necessary? She might be just giving in to emotions. Ask her to investigate the matter before making up her mind.
To everyone else, if you are not sure abt things, please do not answer. Muslim women DO have rights.
2006-10-02 20:29:35 · answer #2 · answered by delusionale 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a muslim going through the same situation
you are talking as if your sister wont that dog back I think she should move on and find a real man , In our muslim religion there is rights for both man and wemon .
If your sisters husbane is in lebanon I would be very happy to give you the number of a very good muslim lawyer that would explain to your sister her rights.
even if he isnt in lebanon it wont hert to talk to him.
2006-10-03 00:57:03 · answer #3 · answered by mzdunnoanyfin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't be firkin Muslim.
Sorry I don't mean to sound insensitive but your customs are backwards and don't belong in the civilized world.
She needs to divorce him and either find a Muslim man here who will only have her (yeah right!). Or she needs to be a different religion or an atheist.
2006-10-02 20:01:08 · answer #4 · answered by BlueChimera 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Don't even go there, believe me you will not like what you find out. Muslim wemon have no rights. They cook, they clean, they have kids, they service their man. That is it period.
2006-10-02 20:08:11 · answer #5 · answered by orlin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋