Forced Nikah of an Adult Woman

Question

Hind's parents concluded her marriage contract ('aqd) with Zayd when Hind was already an adult. Hind was not at all willing to this nikah, and at the time of the offer and acceptance (ijab and qabul) Hind's permission for the nikah was not sought. Hind expressed her displeasure there and then, weeping and lamenting bitterly, but, according to the custom of India, Hind's mother, her maternal grandmother and others silenced and suppressed her, saying, "You are a most shameless girl," and, calling her a disgrace to…

Answer

Answer (1) If Hind rejected this nikah after the contract, then it was rejected. But if she did not reject it, but kept silent and went to her husband's house (even if she did not go gladly), and on arriving there did not acknowledge the nikah before her husband, and after that, worn out by harsh treatment, the matter came to court, and a Muslim judge, having investigated the…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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