aisha fareed

June 19, 2014 at 10:26 am

good day attorney. can i ask? im christian before and i got married to a
christian guy through civil wedding.. and upon embracing the islam i am
aware that i cant be married to a kafir(non muslim).. so in islamic religion,he
is not my husband anymore but in phil. law,we are legally married the
question is, can i divorce him through sharia law? is it acceptable in phil law?
coz

they

and

we

hope

consider
are
for

sharia

already

your

law

as

separated

response

and

law

before

help

me

of
i

muslim
converted

this

kind

of

people..
islam.
matter

thank you. have a nice day.

Alhena
October 20, 2014 at 7:11 pm
Salam,
1. Your marriage is under Civil rites, which means it can only be dissolved by
filing a petition of annulment , or getting a judicial decree, declaring it null
and void ab initio, same case, it is only by way of petition to the REGULAR
COURTS;
2. Claiming that you are no longer married to your husband because of your
conversion is not proper, marriage is a bind which can only be declared
dissolved

by

proper

courts,

both

regular

and

shariah

courts;

3. Besides, muslim women, which you are now because of your conversion
cannot file a divorce to a non-muslim husband, aside from the fact that your
marriage

is

under

Civil

rites;

4. The only way for your marriage to be dissolved is yes there is a way,
but this is given only through legal counsellingif you interested, kindly ask
the moderator for my email add, for i believe i cannot post it here..
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