[shadha]

Timbit: Are they legally binding?
But do you want your spouse legally bound to... "let" you continue your education, say? I mean, if they say no, then there are already some issues in your marriage. You wanna remind them that legally, they have to "allow" you to do what they agreed to, and remain married to them?
And in the West, you can get a divorce whenever you want for any reason you want. You can get divorced just 'cause you don't like your spouse anymore. So what's the point of saying "If you get a second wife, we're getting divorced"??

Again, yes, it is legally binding, unless there are illegal stipulations in the contract that the court of law can't enforce.

The education allowance in the contract is strange to me, since I don’t feel that anyone has the right to not allow for the education of another. However, sadly, I have witnessed this happened to a few sisters by their husbands in my community. Come to think of it, I can see why some would feel more comfortable with it in there.

Though, I did mention child support, which goes a long way in the court of law. If he won’t pay it, you can take him to court and the court will enforce it, and if still he won’t pay it, then the court will have it automatically taken out of his checks.

The point of rejecting a second wife in the contract is that, yes you can get legally divorced any given day for any given reason but that doesn’t make you Islamically divorced. Big difference between the two. For example, a few Madhabs don’t allow a divorce in the case of a second wife if nothing was written in the contract against it. So, there you go.

Yeah, you should marry a practicing righteous person but Allahu Alim anything can happen and that’s why you should tie up your camel.


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