What do you think of temporary marriages in Egypt?

Question

I am from Europe and i am dating an Egyptian. he asked me to enter into a secret marriage. we dont have these in the west so i am not sure about howi feel about this? What do you think?

Answer 1

Forbidden in All religions!!!  just an excuse for fornication...dating is also forbidden in Christianity and Islam....get some self respect..

Answer 2

why secret marriage?

Is he ashamed of getting married to you or he is already married.

if you are getting married just to be able to have s*x freely then it's up to you, but if you have feelings towards him then you should know his real intentions.

men usually make this marriages for some reasons like

1)married and don't want his first wife to know

2)only for s*x but he wants a religious cover, cause having s*x out of marriage is forbidden for Muslims and Christians in Egypt

3)he don't want any financial responsibilities towards his marriage.

4)social status, if he is marrying someone who could ruin his reputation.

I think our culture is not easy to understand for a foreigner, but after sometime you may get used to it.

Answer 3

There is no such thing as a secret marriage that is legal in Egypt or in Islam.

This guy is an a****** believe me.

Save yourself!

Answer 4

in such a marriage , both of you would sign a contract .

each one would take a copy .

two witnesses are needed to authorise the contract .

there are no obligations if you have a child or need his support .

the worst thing about it is that if you wish to end this contract , he may just disappear with his contract .

this would tie you to him .

if you marry another man, you would be committing the crime

of marrying two at the same time .

so, if you accept this marriage , keep the two copies far from him .

he could marry more than one  , but you cant .

so, when you keep the two copies , you can  divorce him when you want .

this needs a sentence to be added .

it would state that you have the right to divorce him .

this is called ,''al isma ''

have this sentence added :

the wife has the '' isma '' in her hand .

this would make you free when you want.

Answer 5

put it in other words

its to make the illegal legal with a lie on oneself that there is some thing called secret marriage

there is no rights for the girl what so ever

or even to the babies in case there is any

but some Young these days believe that its some thing legal

courts are full with claims which comes out of such relation

but for you as a European you do not mind for relation so its OK for you while for him he wants to get free conscious in order to call it marriage

Answer 6

Run girl, run!!!

He is absolutely using you, & no matter what his reasons are, i really don't care, coz he's just a selfish person who just looks for his own good...

this is very humiliating for you & if you decide to go thru with it you'll get but more...

He's taking advantage of your ignorance of our society & our common beliefs.. no one in their right minds would encourage you to procceed with this so called marriage...

i hope you think this thru..

Good luck

Answer 7

refuse that thing he deceive you,,,,if he want you? he can marrige you in light not in secret

Answer 8

total c**p...not a marriage

Answer 9

To be completely honest with you he's headed for one of  2 things or maybe both. Either he needs the marriage for a free ticket out of Egypt with legal papers or he just wants to sleep with you but doesn't want to make you feel too bad about it. Any man who's going to ask him to marry him secretly then he's NOT a real man. I don't understand why the Egyptian government even allows this kind of marriage, it's deception, not necessarily to the woman but to society as well. Tell him to go take that marriage paper, wet it and drink its water (Egyptian saying).