🏛️ Polygyny: the law · #57
The prospective second wife is under the minimum marriage age. What is the procedure?
Besides polygamy permission, marrying a woman under the minimum age requires a Syariah Judge's written permission, and the court examines the girl's welfare, maturity and safety very strictly.
Act 303 s.8 provides that no marriage may be solemnised where the man is under eighteen or the woman under sixteen except with a Syariah Judge's written permission in certain circumstances; some states have amended this or added conditions, so check your state enactment. Islam requires marriages that protect welfare and cause no harm (Sunan Ibn Majah 2340). In polygamy, the court also weighs whether the marriage is just and fair to everyone. Parents and guardians should ask: is the girl truly willing and ready, and will her education suffer? See the minimum age for marriage.
Act 303 s.8 provides that no marriage may be solemnised where the man is under eighteen or the woman under sixteen except with a Syariah Judge's written permission in certain circumstances; some states have amended this or added conditions, so check your state enactment. Islam requires marriages that protect welfare and cause no harm (Sunan Ibn Majah 2340). In polygamy, the court also weighs whether the marriage is just and fair to everyone. Parents and guardians should ask: is the girl truly willing and ready, and will her education suffer? See the minimum age for marriage.