I want to ask you a few questions before I make a decision about marrying a second wife.

Answer

1. Whether it is UK or US, the laws remain the same. The laws do not change. However, we advise that you do something that is free of problems and worries.

2. If the husband consents or instructs the court to divorce then the divorce is valid.

3. The divorce that is issued is recognised and valid in the shariah.

And Allah Ta'ala knows best. (End of fatwa)

Please comment. Is this fatwa correct? To even a layman it does not seem right.

OUR ANSWER:

The Mufti has acquitted himself most stupidly. He is a liberal, hence he issued a bunkum 'fatwa'. The Muslim does not and cannot 'instruct' the court. He can only petition and ask the court.

When a man asks a kaafir court to annul his civil 'marriage', which is not a Nikah in Shar'i terms, he is asking for the cancellation of the secular contract, not for the issuance of Talaaq.

Secondly, he 'asks'

the court for a 'divorce decree'. The meaning of 'divorce' in the context is cancellation of the civil contract. Only a maajin mufti with fossilized brains (jumood) will ignore the context and the circumstances, and baselessly cling to the ostensible meaning if the term is translated into Arabic or Urdu for the context in which it is used. The court issues such a decree at its will and discretion. It is not obliged to comply with the request of the Applicant.

Thirdly, the applicant does not empower the kaafir court to issue Talaaq. Fourthly, the applicant does not employ the kaafir judge to be his wakeel to issue Talaaq to his wife.

It is crystal clear that the Mufti has acted stupidly, labouring in the state of intoxication due to substance abuse. The 'substance' in this context is western liberalism which has been adopted for fulfilment of the demands of Hubb-e- Jah.

Just ignore the drivel disgorgement. It is an insult to the Deen and an insult to the mufti's brains to have vomited such a blatant stupidity. Furthermore, while it is only proper to inform the first wife, it is not a condition for the validity of the second marriage, nor is her consent necessary for the validity of a second, third or fourth marriage.

The 'divorce' decree issued by a secular court whether the judge is a kaafir or posing as a Muslim as all so-called Muslim judges of secular courts even in Muslim lands do, the decree is NOT a Talaaq.

"What, are the people of the towns confident about Our punishment (not) befalling them during the day whilst they are (enjoying themselves) in play (and amusement)." (Qur'aan)

Scores feared dead as packed party boat sinks

- AFP

A cruise boat which sank in Lake Victoria was overloaded, carrying about 120 people instead of its 50 capacity, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said on Sunday.

Thirty people drowned and more than 60 were feared dead, Ugandan police said, in the latest such incident on Africa's largest body of water.

"Thirty bodies have been recovered and 27 people rescued," police spokesperson Zura Ganyana said.

Witnesses say the vessel may have been rushed back into service following a renovation to take advantage of the profitable end-of-year party season. The boat carrying revellers sank in bad weather on Saturday in the latest deadly incident to affect passenger boats on the lake.

Lawn games at the Mutima Country Resort, close to the capital Kampala, were pushed aside on Sunday to make way for an open-air mortuary where police collected the bloated bodies of victims.

Police operations director Asuman Mugenyi said overloading and bad weather were probably to blame. "We also suspect the mechanical condition of the boat contributed to the sinking."