Assume Sunni Hanafi personal law governs and no overriding monogamy statute applies. A man contracts…
Under the stated Sunni Hanafi rule, a marriage with a fifth concurrent wife is irregular. Chand Patel v. Bismillah Begum cites this as an example of a temporary impediment,…
Choose your answer
Assume Sunni Hanafi personal law governs and no overriding monogamy statute applies. A man contracts another marriage while all four of his existing marriages subsist. How is the additional marriage classified?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer D
Under the stated Sunni Hanafi rule, a marriage with a fifth concurrent wife is irregular. Chand Patel v. Bismillah Begum cites this as an example of a temporary impediment, which distinguishes an irregular marriage from a void one.
Option feedback
Option A
The bar on a fifth concurrent wife prevents classifying this marriage as valid while it persists.
Option B
The cited Hanafi rule uses the classification fasid, meaning irregular.
Option C
The Hanafi rule treats the bar as temporary, so the marriage falls outside the batil or void category.
Option D
The fifth concurrent marriage falls in the Hanafi category of fasid or irregular marriages.
Practice for these exams
-
UGC NET Law
Subject revision
See pack details on LawMint.net -
IIT Kharagpur LL.M. Entrance
Subject revision
See pack details on LawMint.net -
Uttarakhand Judicial Services
-
CUET PG Law (LL.M.)
Subject revision
-
Bihar Judicial Services
Subject revision