The husband went to Pakistan after the nikah — the solution

Question

Question: I submit that my niece (my sister’s daughter), who was a minor and is at present eleven years old, was given in nikah to a Pakistani by some Pakistanis who came here. Then it was settled that the sending of the bride to the husband’s home would take place after a month or so, and they left. After that, within a few months, several letters did come from them regarding the bride’s send-off and the coming, and a telegram too.

Answer

In the case asked about, according to the Shari‘a, it can be regarded neither as khul‘ nor as talaq, nor can permission be given for a marriage elsewhere at will. This was a matter to be thought about at the time of contracting the nikah: how dealings could be managed with people living in distant places, and how far it is proper to rely on the information about their true…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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