🏛️ Polygyny: the law · #136
My wife died before my polygyny application was heard. What happens to the application?
If there is no longer any living wife, the polygyny application is no longer needed and can be withdrawn. Permission for polygyny is needed only when a man still has a wife. Inform the Syariah Court, bringing the death certificate. After that, the new marriage is handled through an ordinary application for permission to marry at the Islamic religious office. But if you still have another wife, the application continues. In this time of grief, do not rush. Put the children and your late wife's estate affairs first. See withdrawing an application.