How do you say that announcing a marriage is recommended and not obligatory, or a condition, and that there is no sin upon a man for concealing his marriage from his wife, even though this may cause hatred, resentment, and severance of kinship ties, and misses the announcement of the marriage that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded by saying: "Announce the marriage," and leads to a lack of justice between wives, and Lady Fatimah rejected Ali marrying another and the Messenger approved her?
Publicizing the marriage is recommended by the majority, not obligatory. It is disliked to keep it secret, although the marriage remains valid. A man hiding his marriage from his first wife is not considered a severing of kinship ties; rather, it may prevent such a rupture. The Shari'ah did not obligate a man to seek his wife's permission to marry another. However, a woman may stipulate in the marriage contract that he not marry another wife.
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