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Nikah Misyar or "travellers' marriage" (Arabic: نكاح المسيار) is the Sunni Muslim Nikah (marriage) contract carried out via the normal contractual procedure, with the specificity that the wife gives up several of her rights by her own free will, such as living with the husband, equal division of nights between wives in cases of polygamy, rights to housing, and maintenance money ("nafaqa").[1]
The couple continue to live separately from each other, as before their contract, and see each other to fulfil their needs in a halaal manner when they please.
Background and causes
Some people consider that the misyar marriage represents an adaptation of marriage to the needs of people who are not able to marry in the traditional way. In countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait or the United Arab Emirates, this is usually due to the cost of rents; the high cost of living in general; the high amounts of dowry required; and other similar economic and financial concerns. [2]
This type of marriage could also meet the needs of young people whose resources are too limited to settle down in a separate home; of divorcees, widows or widowers, who have their own residence and their own financial resources but cannot, or do not want to marry again according to the usual formula; and of slightly elder people who have not tasted the joys of marriage. One is reminded, in this context, that there are a million and a half unmarried women in Saudi Arabia alone.[3]
Islamic lawyers add that this type of marriage fits the needs of a conservative society which punishes “zina” (fornication) and other sexual relationships which are established outside a marriage contract. Thus, some Muslim foreigners working in the Gulf countries prefer to engage in the misyar marriage rather than live alone for years. Many of them are actually already married with wives and children in their home country, but they cannot bring them to the region.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Misyar marriage)
Nikah Misyar or "travellers' marriage" (Arabic: نكاح المسيار) is the Sunni Muslim Nikah (marriage) contract carried out via the normal contractual procedure, with the specificity that the wife gives up several of her rights by her own free will, such as living with the husband, equal division of nights between wives in cases of polygamy, rights to housing, and maintenance money ("nafaqa").[1]
The couple continue to live separately from each other, as before their contract, and see each other to fulfil their needs in a halaal manner when they please.
Background and causes
Some people consider that the misyar marriage represents an adaptation of marriage to the needs of people who are not able to marry in the traditional way. In countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait or the United Arab Emirates, this is usually due to the cost of rents; the high cost of living in general; the high amounts of dowry required; and other similar economic and financial concerns. [2]
This type of marriage could also meet the needs of young people whose resources are too limited to settle down in a separate home; of divorcees, widows or widowers, who have their own residence and their own financial resources but cannot, or do not want to marry again according to the usual formula; and of slightly elder people who have not tasted the joys of marriage. One is reminded, in this context, that there are a million and a half unmarried women in Saudi Arabia alone.[3]
Islamic lawyers add that this type of marriage fits the needs of a conservative society which punishes “zina” (fornication) and other sexual relationships which are established outside a marriage contract. Thus, some Muslim foreigners working in the Gulf countries prefer to engage in the misyar marriage rather than live alone for years. Many of them are actually already married with wives and children in their home country, but they cannot bring them to the region.
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