Im a muslima who live in japan. And I got married Saudi man who has wife and children in Saudi Arabia. He came here for project and he’ll be leave soon. We married without any witness and he didn’t give me mahr. Sometimes he gave me gift. I was beginner in islam. And his first wife doesn’t know about that we married here. Now on I ask him to take me to Saudi Arabia or other country around Saudi Arabia. But he told me it’s impossible. And doesn’t want my family knows what I did with you. I am really got suffering from this. He always talks to me ‘we don’t know what will be happen and I can’t make sure for future with you” What is the mean of that? What can I ask for my right to him?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
There are essential pillars
and conditions for marriage which must be met. That includes the guardian of
the woman and two witnesses. If there is no guardian, two witnesses and
publicising of the marriage among the people, then it is not valid.If only the guardian is
missing, then it is not valid according to the majority of scholars, but it
is valid according to some fuqaha’.If there are no witnesses,
but it is publicised among people, this announcement is sufficient according
to some scholars.The guardian of a Muslim
woman must be a Muslim. Her guardian may be her son if she has one, then her
father, then her grandfather, then her brother, and so on among her
relatives on the father's side, the closest then the next closest. If she
has no Muslim guardian, the Muslim judge may conduct her marriage if there
is one, otherwise the head of the Islamic centre and the like may conduct
her marriage, or a man of good character among the Muslims may conduct her
marriage with her consent.The woman must have a dowry
even if it is little. If the dowry is not mentioned in the marriage
contract, the marriage is valid and she is entitled to a dowry like that of
her peers, meaning that she is to be awarded a dowry that is equal to the
dowry of her peers among women in her country.Whether your marriage is
valid or invalid, the dowry is your right and if you have a child he is to
be attributed to his father.In the event that the
marriage is invalid because there was no guardian or witnesses or
announcement, you have to keep away from this husband until a new and valid
marriage contract is done. In that case the marriage must be documented and
registered in the Saudi embassy in your country, so as to guarantee your
rights and the rights of your children in the future.Secondly:
The husband is obliged to
provide suitable accommodation for his wife and to spend on what she needs.
He does not have the right to leave her in a country where she is not safe,
and he does not have the right to be away from her for more than six months
except with her consent. If he has finished with the purpose for which he
came to the country in which he got married, whether it was business or
study or anything else, and he wants to go back to his original country,
then he must take his wife with him and at least provide her with
accommodation in another city, other than the city in which his first wife
lives, until he has the chance to tell his first his first wife about his
new wife.If he refuses to give her
her rights or take her with him, and he wants to leave her in her country
where he married her – for longer than the period that we have mentioned --
and she does not agree to that, then she has the right to ask for divorce.What we advise Muslim women
who live in countries like yours and what we advise their guardians also, is
not to rush to do and take their time before agreeing to any marriage, and
to find out precise details about the situation of any stranger who wants to
marry their daughters and is living in their countries for any purpose,
whether it is for study or business or tourism and so on. Many of these
people, very many, are not serious about marriage and they do not want to
take a solemn covenant on which to build a family; rather all they care
about is fulfilling their desire right now, then when they have finished
with their business they leave the country and they leave behind a wife and
maybe children too, if they have children. “and
Allaah will inform them of what they used to do” [al-Maa’idah 5:14].And Allaah knows best.
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