Under Hanafi Muslim personal law, how is a marriage classified if the man already has four subsisting…

Hanafi law treats a fifth marriage while four marriages subsist as irregular. The answer depends on the school of personal law that governs.

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Under Hanafi Muslim personal law, how is a marriage classified if the man already has four subsisting marriages?

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Hanafi law treats a fifth marriage while four marriages subsist as irregular. The answer depends on the school of personal law that governs.

Option A

Under the stated Hanafi rule, the bar is temporary, so the marriage is classified as irregular rather than void.

Option B

The existing four marriages prevent the fifth from being a fully valid marriage.

Option C

The fifth marriage is irregular under the Hanafi rule.

Option D

Voidable is not the classification used for this temporary impediment.