Representing the defendant, lawyer Nada Al-Atheri explained that the man who planned to marry the daughter of her client was dangling between Sunni and Shiite doctrines; in the sense that he chose what suited his worldly desires, as opposed to making a choice to safeguard his religion and belief.
Therefore, the man is considered to be lacking uprightness in religion. She noted that compatibility in Sharia means “equivalence between a prospective husband and his prospective wife, and it’s necessary to follow the right step. She added compatibility depends on multiple factors, which include religion, social status, morality, piety and wealth, lineage or custom; thus depicting compatibility as part of the conditions looked upon before married.
Earlier, the Court of Cassation rejected the case filed against the lady’s father on accusation of preventing his daughter from getting married without any acceptable reason. However, the father managed to convince the court that the man in question did not fulfill the condition of ‘compatibility’.
---And this is one of the reasons there are so many divorces in Kuwait, the family is always is in the middle or choose who they want their child to marry.
OMG What is wrong with people? One of my female friends in Saudi Arabia married her cousin (and ruined him for a long time) only so she could get divorced and marry her real love. Why all the stupidity? That girl will hate her father forever. The fact that she's got to take him to COURT proves what a dickhead he is.
ReplyDeleteI've known families who were right too;) even if they were jerks about it.
ReplyDeleteBut let ppl make mistakes. Then forgive them. The forgiveness part is the reason the freedom part is missing in "modern" Arab societies;)