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A misyar marriage (Arabic: نکاح المسيار, romanized: nikāḥ al-misyār or Arabic: زواج المسيار, romanized: zawāj al-misyār also “traveler”[1] or "day" marriage[2]), is a type of marriage contract allowed by some Sunni Muslims where the wife renounces some Islamic marital rights such as living together, the rights to housing and maintenance money (i.e. financial support or alimony, nafaqa), and where the husband foregoes the right to home-keeping and access (his right to have her act as his housekeeper and to stay at home unless she has his permission to leave).[3]
Because the practice relieves the misyar husband of the obligation to support his wife,[1] it is often used in some Islamic countries by men who cannot afford an orthodox marriage, and also to give a legal recognition to behavior that might otherwise be considered adulterous.[4][3]
Although considered Islamically permissible by many Sunni scholars, the practices is socially stigmatized.[3][4]
- ^ a b "Marriages of Convenience: Misyar Marriages in the Middle East". Center for Strategic and International Studies. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
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- ^ a b "Al-Qaradawi, Yusuf : Misyar marriage". Archived from the original on 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
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