If a woman or a man is described to the other as being better than she/he really is so that the other desires to marry her/him – irrespective of whether this happens at the time of the marriage contract or before it – then in case the marriage contract is concluded on that basis and this matter was realised by the other party after the contract, she/he can annul the marriage contract.
The detailed laws (aḥkām) of this ruling (masʾalah) are explained in Minhāj al‑Ṣāliḥīn.[2] [1] As mentioned in Ruling 6, the term ‘problematic’ (maḥall al‑ishkāl) amounts to saying the ruling is based on obligatory precaution [2] This is al-Sayyid al-Sistani’s more detailed work on Islamic law. WOMEN WITH WHOM MARRIAGE IS UNLAWFUL (ḤARĀM) CONDITIONS OF A MARRIAGE CONTRACT العربية فارسی اردو English Azərbaycan Türkçe Français