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Is a woman's customary marriage to a man who is legitimately married to two women permissible, especially with witnesses and a lawyer confirming its legality? And is it permissible to conceal this marriage from his family and her family in order to preserve their households?

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An 'urfi marriage (customary marriage) is valid if it meets the Islamic legal requirements, and notarization in courts is not one of its conditions. However, the presence of a guardian (wali) is a condition. The majority of scholars believe that a marriage without a guardian is invalid, contrary to the opinion of Imam Abu Hanifa. Their evidence is the narrated by Aisha from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "Any woman who marries without the permission of her guardians, her marriage is invalid, invalid, invalid." Therefore, what you did by marrying without a guardian is invalid, and the contract must be renewed through your guardian (your brother, then your uncle). If your relatives refuse, you can take the matter to a judge to marry you, based on the Prophet's saying, peace and blessings be upon him: "The ruler is the guardian of whoever has no guardian." And placing the fiancée's hand in the suitor's hand is not permissible before the completion of the marriage contract.

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