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A man cannot marry a woman whose husband is alive and who has not been divorced. If a ground for divorce is available to the woman under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939, she has to prove that ground and obtain a court's decree before marrying another person.
Certain relationships are prohibited under the law. This means that a person cannot marry certain kinds of relatives:1
Blood Relations
You cannot marry your mother, grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, great-niece, aunts, or great-aunts. You also cannot marry someone who is also related to you through such relatives. For example, you cannot marry your great granddaughter.
Relatives through Marriage
You cannot marry your wife’s mother/grandmother, wife’s daughter/granddaughter, son’s wife in the case of a second, third or fourth marriage.
Relatives through Fosterage
All relations prohibited through blood relations and marriages apply to foster relationships as well. Example, a man cannot marry his foster mother’s daughter.
- Mulla, D. F., Sir. (n.d.). Principles of Mahomedan Law (20th ed.) p.332.[↩]
