MADINA: The National Society for Human Rights branch in Madina will submit a comprehensive report to its chairman after the Madina Court issued a verdict nullifying a proposed marriage because the man's family origin is incompatible with that of the woman he wished to marry. A judge revoked the marriage contract last year after the woman's cousin lodged a complaint with the court that contested the compatibility of her intended husband's family origin, said Sharf Al-Grafi, a Society member in Madina. The judge suggested to the man that he revoke the marriage contract on condition that the dowry he paid be refunded to him, but he rejected the suggestion and argued that the court verdict has no grounds in Shariah, Al-Grafi added. The man proposed to the woman after the death of her husband of 20 years and her father's only condition for her marriage to another man was that she must marry a pious man — and the fiancé was and is a man of piety, she said. When her cousin failed to find a reason to nullify this marriage, he raised the reason on which the court based its decision, she added. The family of the fiancé lodged a complaint at the Society's branch, seeking its intervention and help in solving the problem, Al-Grafi said. She said the society asked the family to produce all the documents that prove their claim, in preparation to submit it to Dr. Muhammad Salem Al-Aufi, the Society's supervisor in Madina, to look into the case and take action.
