Court Dissolves 23-year-old Marriage Between Man, Niece after 8 Children

Agency Report/

A Higher Shari’a Court in Tsafe, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara on Tuesday dissolved the 23-years-old marriage of a man, Musa Tsafe, and his grandniece, Wasila.

Delivering a ruling, the Presiding Judge, Malam Bashir Mahe, dissolved the marriage after a fair hearing from both the prosecution and defense counsel.

Mahe held that the marriage between Tsafe and Wasila was contrary to the teachings of Islam.

The judge said marriage between the couples contradicted the Qur’an chapter 3 verse 23, page 79, and page 77 of Ihkamil Ihkami.

He explained that the verdict came after the inability of the defense counsel to prove otherwise.

The Hisbah Commission filed the suit seeking a dissolution of the 23-year-old union.

The commission told the court that the marriage between Tsafe and Wasila was against  Sharia laws and Islamic jurisprudence.

The commission said it was compelled to file a case against the couple after efforts by the Islamic Advisory Council(Shura) and the Tsafe Emirate since 2020 yielded no fruit.

Counsel to the commission, Malam Sani Muhammed, told the court that investigations by various Islamic bodies and the emirate showed that the couple who got married sometime in 1999 are directly related and so marriage is forbidden between them.

Muhammed said the act contravened the teachings of Islam as indicated in the Holy Qur’an chapter three verse 23.

He, therefore, prayed the court to immediately terminate the marriage.

Wasila has eight children with Musa.

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