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PERMOHONAN PERWALIAN NORFAIZAH BINTI BAHRUDIN

What was decided on a guardianship application where the marriage documents for a marriage said to have taken place in southern Thailand could not be produced?

Short answer

In this guardianship application, the Kedah State Mufti Department found that the documents for a marriage claimed to have taken place in southern Thailand in 1994 could not be produced.

KedahOpinion (irsyad)

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Authority
Kedah State Mufti Department
Status
Opinion (irsyad)
Series
Irsyad Al-Hukmi
Topic
Marriage & Family

No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.

Summary

In this guardianship application, the Kedah State Mufti Department found that the documents for a marriage claimed to have taken place in southern Thailand in 1994 could not be produced. It recommended that the Kulim District Religious Office refer the case to the provisions of the Islamic Family Law (Kedah Darul Aman) Enactment 2008. The irsyad is dated 1 November 2021.

Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.

Jabatan Mufti Negeri Kedah mendapati dokumen perkahwinan yang didakwa berlangsung di selatan Thailand pada tahun 1994 tidak dapat dikemukakan.

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Kedah State Mufti Department. “PERMOHONAN PERWALIAN NORFAIZAH BINTI BAHRUDIN”, date not stated. https://ifatwa.kedah.gov.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/21-PERMOHONAN-PERWALIAN-NORFAIZAH-BINTI-BAHRUDIN.pdf. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/guardianship-application-missing-marriage-documents-thailand/