The First Husband Appearing as a Yogi After the Second Nikah of the Missing Man's Wife

Question

Amina's nikah was contracted with Manzur Ahmad, but after some time Manzur Ahmad went missing. After about 9 years, Amina, having made an enquiry to Darul Uloom Deoband, entered into a second marriage contract. Now, 16 years after the second nikah, a man has come in the guise of a Hindu ascetic (yogi), about whom people think that he is Manzur Ahmad. Manzur Ahmad is at present living the life of a yogi. The women of the village tell Amina: “You are no longer lawful for the second husband.

Answer

This yogi should be asked whether he really is Manzur Ahmad or someone else, and whether he has abandoned the religion of Islam and — we seek refuge in Allah — adopted disbelief (kufr). If so, since how long? If, God forbid, this is indeed the case, and after his change of religion his wife entered into another nikah in accordance with the Shar'i rule, then that nikah is…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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