What is a traveler's marriage? The Saudi man married his father's "ex-wife" and had a son

According to local media reports, Saudi Royal Court adviser Al Mutlaq issued a indoctrination order on a case that attracted public attention, a man who unknowingly married his father's "ex-wife" and had a son.

Al Mutlaq issued a injunction stipulating that a man must divorce his wife, stressing that the son was legal, but that the marriage between a man and a woman was not legal, and the man eventually divorced his wife.

The man did not tell his family about his marriage at the time, and six years later he decided to make the news public.

He took his wife home and then introduced him to his parents, and his father was shocked to see him because the father had a misyar marriage with the woman 10 years ago and divorced her after some time.

What is a misyar?

Traveler's marriage is a temporary marriage relationship, the wife gives up some traditional marriage rights, such as the husband and wife do not have to live together, the husband does not need to bear the responsibility of supporting the wife, in Saudi Arabia, especially in the capital City such as Riyadh, the wedding dowry is very expensive, which makes many marriageable men prohibitive, with the nature of temporary marriage "traveler marriage" came into being.

Saudi media said that this form of marriage has been proliferating as early as the 1990s, when the Saudi Grand Mufti legalized it through Islamic decrees.

"Traveller's marriages" without any additional responsibilities are rapidly becoming popular in Saudi society, a boon for men who struggle to afford the expensive expenses of traditional weddings and have a cramped wallet. Critics, however, denounced it as legitimizing promiscuity.

Such marriages usually don't last long, and the vast majority divorce within 14 to 60 days.

This article is sourced from gulfnews