I would like to know what is the law in a muslim country when a non muslim man converts to islam so that he can take advantage of the islamic sharia law to his advantage. The man is hindu married to non muslim but now he would like to convert to islam so that he does not have to pay alimony and have two wives. Originally married under the indian marriage act. Does this mean that the sharia law will apply now that he has converted? Doesn't the original law apply ie the law of indian marriage act to the woman. Which law would apply to the non muslim first wife? Under what basis can she fight her case? The husband is having an affair with a muslim lady in a muslim country. Is it true that he can easily divorce his first wife and pay only for three months of maintainence? Is it easy to convert to islam?
2007-04-07 02:50:00 · 7 answers · asked by Lady D 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Ok lady to tell you the fact this Hindu man must have married to this Muslim lady according to the Special Marriage Act,1954 the Indian law that is applicable to all Indians who want to do inter-religious marriage as he has done. Now even if he converts to Islam & wants to use the benefits of the Sharia law he cant do this to the extend of getting a second wife during the existence of the pervious one, either he takes divorce from the first one as provided in the Special Marriage Act or according to the common law (civil law)applicable in the country he stays now (if not in India) but that divorce will be valid only if both agree for getting divorce according to the common law otherwise only under the Special Marriage Act. If he converts & marry second time without getting divorce from his first wife he will be liable for bigamy & can face punishment upto seven year’s imprisonment & fine too. He cannot take the plea of Sharia law applicable to Muslims in such a case. The Supreme Court had clearly held such a conversion only as a plea for remarriage to prevent the charges of bigamy hence even after such conversion he has to undergo the process of divorce from his first wife if he wants to marry again. He won’t be able to give divorce to his first wife so easily according to Sharia law even after his conversion as he married as a Hindu according to civil law as I stated above. At the time of divorce he has to pay maintenance & alimony according to the same law according to which he got married. For any further clarification write to me directly.
2007-04-07 03:34:39 · answer #1 · answered by vijay m Indian Lawyer 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Very few Islamic countries follow the Sharia law and the forerunner in this line is of course Saudi Arabia. All other countries do not have any such law strictly followed...In some countries like Egypt and Tunisia it is a mockery of the Sharia Law there. In Islam it is not obligatory to marry 4 at a time...what is allowed is Islam popularise the looking after of orphans in large scale..In case one is afraid of looking after or feeding very many orphan children he can marry two three or four wives just to protect the right of orphans...This is what Chapter Al Nisa verse 4 says.. So tell who has allowed one Muslim man to marry four? In the same chapter God has said it is very difficult for a man to give equal status to his wives..So would intelligent men will marry more than one woman in this present world? Just think...
2015-07-10 01:30:49 · answer #2 · answered by susank 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know about sharia law, all i know is that Muslim can marry as much as they want as long that he can provides in equal basis in all the wives, not that not to give alimony. and all i can say the man your talking about is, he is immatured and very pickle minded. he is old enough what he likes and he must know his responsibility not to run after one another. it doesn't matter what religion you are, what matter most is to be responsible as a person. what kind of human being he is, chauvinistic pig huh.
2007-04-07 03:27:13 · answer #3 · answered by taurust_girl27 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what it the reason that he wants to convert to islam? is he just running away from his fears? and its not easy converting to islam, so he must have a pure heart to convert to islam.
2007-04-07 02:53:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bad, he'll get quartered!
Not a true believer!
2007-04-07 02:55:27 · answer #5 · answered by Free-Lance 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
become a christian its less complicated than all that rubbish.
2007-04-07 02:54:31 · answer #6 · answered by pinklady25 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
2007-04-07 03:07:18 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋