🕊️ Conflict & resolution · #65
After a quarrel my spouse took the children away and will not let me see them. What can I do?
While still married, both parents have rights over the children; try negotiating through a mediator first, and if that fails, the Syariah Court can make interim orders on custody and visits.
Allah forbids that a mother or father be harmed on account of their child (al-Baqarah 2:233), and children must not be used as weapons in a quarrel. Act 303 empowers the court to make custody orders and to restrain a child being taken out of Malaysia without consent (s.86, s.105). Steps: record dates and attempts to make contact; ask respected relatives or the religious office for help; and get advice from a Syariah lawyer about an urgent application. If you fear the child will be taken abroad, tell your lawyer at once. Put the children's welfare first; do not snatch them back or argue in front of them. See Custody & lineage.
Allah forbids that a mother or father be harmed on account of their child (al-Baqarah 2:233), and children must not be used as weapons in a quarrel. Act 303 empowers the court to make custody orders and to restrain a child being taken out of Malaysia without consent (s.86, s.105). Steps: record dates and attempts to make contact; ask respected relatives or the religious office for help; and get advice from a Syariah lawyer about an urgent application. If you fear the child will be taken abroad, tell your lawyer at once. Put the children's welfare first; do not snatch them back or argue in front of them. See Custody & lineage.