NIGERIA – A woman in Rano Local Government Area of Kano State recently dissolved her marriage and married her daughter’s suitor.
The woman, Malama Khadija, explained that after her daughter rejected the man, she felt that both of them should not lose him and that she believes Islam does not forbid her actions.
“I didn’t do it with ignorance. I contacted clerics and they said it is not prohibited. When I contacted him, he agreed, but my parents and relatives refused to do the marriage rites. That’s why I decided to go to Hisbah and we are happily married now,” said Khadija.
Khadija’s parents and relatives refused to perform the marriage ceremony, but she went to Hisbah (a religious police) and they married.
Khadija’s uncle said that their family is against the union and that they are reporting the incident to the general commandant and the state government for further investigation.
“She mounted pressure on her husband to divorce her just to marry the man. We can’t do this shameful thing in our family which was why we refused to join them in marriage. We are not happy with what Hisbah did and we are reporting to bring out our daughter. We want the general commandant and the state government to look into the matter,” said Khadija’s uncle.
When contacted, the Hisbah Commandant, Ustaz Nura Rano, said only the state command of the board had the right to speak on the issue. No statement to this effect has been released since then.
