Is my second marriage to another man void, given that I have not been divorced from my first 'urfi marriage?

The step taken by the questioner, marrying while already married, indicates ignorance and weakness in religious understanding, and a disregard for the boundaries set by Allah. A woman cannot be under two men simultaneously, and the preservation of lineages and honors are established, agreed-upon principles.

We advise the questioner to repent to Allah the Almighty for what she has done, and not to allow either of the two men to have access to her. She should immediately approach a Sharia judge, because her situation is extremely complex and can only be resolved by the Sharia judiciary, due to the intricate disagreement regarding the implications of her actions. Some validate the unregistered (urfi) marriage and invalidate the second one, while others validate the second and invalidate the urfi. The flaw in the urfi marriage lies in its lack of a guardian (wali), and the last marriage is invalid because, according to the majority of scholars, a void marriage requires annulment or divorce. The reason for this is that her marriage to another without a separation from the first leads to her being subject to two husbands.