Pakistan's Council Of Islamic Ideology Declares It's Un-Islamic For Men To Ask First Wife For Permission To Marry For The Second Time

The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) today declared a clause of the Muslim Family Law Ordinance 1961 as un-Islamic.

CII Chairman Maulana Mohammad Sherani said it is not mandatory under Sharia to seek permission for the second marriage from first wife.



The CII unanimously declared the clause as un-Islamic.



The said clause makes it mandatory for a man to seek permission of his wife for a second marriage.



Maulana Sherani said that Islamic Sharia Law does not require permission from a wife before a man enters into another marriage.



He added that a husband is bound to do justice to all his wives as per the Sharia.



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