In the latest Ramadhaan issue of AWAKE there is a story of two honest wives.

Answer

Firstly, there were witnesses, etc. in the trader's Nikah. Whilst secret marriages are not encouraged, they are valid. The requisites for a valid marriage are Ijaab, Qubool and two male Muslim witnesses.

The objective of the story of the two ladies is not to extol the secret marriage, but is to highlight the virtuous/pious character of the two wives. The purpose is ta'leem for ladies to take lesson from these virtuous two women and to emulate their example. It is accepted that the trader should have married publicly. The story does not concentrate on the 'secret' dimension of the marriage. Rather, it highlights the virtues of the two wives. The correct attitude for a concerned Muslim female is to derive naseehat from the sterling characters of the two women. They should not cast a blind eye on this lesson to focus on the in-

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advisable secret marriage of the trader. The example of the trader is not Sunnat to follow. But the attitude of the two ladies is Waajib to emulate.

Furthermore, what kuffaar school/university louts are doing, has not been encouraged or promoted by anyone except the mut'ah Shiahs. The audacity of the university fornicators is just a token of punishment for parents who love to send their children to the kuffaar educational brothels. They deserve such 'punishment' emanating from their children who practise haraam mut'ah. The type of 'marriage' practised by the university fornicators is not even valid. Temporary marriage is not a valid Nikah in terms of the Shariah. Nevertheless, it is good punishment for parents who transform their children unto louts and fornicators. The story is reproduced on page 6 for the benefit of our readers.