{"id":6575,"date":"2024-07-10T07:43:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/does-concealing-ones-marital-status-cancel-the-nikah\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:20:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:20:57","slug":"does-concealing-ones-marital-status-cancel-the-nikah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/does-concealing-ones-marital-status-cancel-the-nikah\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Concealing One&#8217;s Marital Status Cancel The Nikah?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>A friend of mine was asked about his marital status by some of his  friends and, in spite of being married, he told them that he is single.  Now he has recently read on some Islamic website that doing so renders<em> nikah <\/em>null  and void. I have already given him my opinion in this regard but he  wants an expert opinion. Can you please shed some light on this issue?<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody><\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>I am sorry I cannot comment on the view that this act renders the <em>nikah<\/em>  null and void because I do not know the arguments they have offered in  support of the judgment. I understand that it does not affect the <em>nikah<\/em>.  This is because it does not include the conventional ways of severing  marriage ties. The man can at best be charged with concealing the truth  and lying. It does not affect his marriage in any way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-02-24<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6575\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend of mine was asked about his marital status by some of his  friends and, in spite of being married, he told them that he is single.  Now he has recently read on some Islamic website that doing so renders<em> nikah <\/em>null  and void. I have already given him my opinion in this regard but he  wants an expert opinion. 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