{"id":1243,"date":"2022-09-25T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alhayaalsahla.com\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2022-09-17T15:46:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T15:46:28","slug":"is-it-possible-a-marriage-in-uae-for-foreigners-under-sharia-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alhayaalsahla.com\/?p=1243","title":{"rendered":"IS IT POSSIBLE A MARRIAGE IN UAE FOR FOREIGNERS UNDER SHARIA LAW?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let\u2019s say it clearly: w<a href=\"https:\/\/www.khaleejtimes.com\/legal\/explainer-how-expats-tourists-can-get-married-under-abu-dhabis-new-family-law\">ith the recent family laws in Abu Dhabi,<\/a><strong>ex-pats may have a civil wedding.<\/strong> Still <strong>marriage in UAE for foreigners under Sharia law is not permitted.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on Sharia law, <strong>only Muslim individuals are allowed to marry under Saudia law<\/strong>.\u00a0Anyway with the <a href=\"https:\/\/u.ae\/en\/information-and-services\/justice-safety-and-the-law\/personal-status-for-non-muslims\">new personal status for non-Muslim law<\/a> ex-pats of different religions may live legally married in UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CIVIL VS A MARRIAGE IN UAE FOR FOREIGNER UNDER SHARIA LAW: MAIN DIFFERENCES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The new law brings the following<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/government-news\/the-adjd-registers-2-200-civil-marriages-in-8-months-wa3rpe1x\"> impact on ex-pat marriages in Abu Dhabi:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>as long as Sharia law does not apply to their home countries, tourists and ex-pats can now get married egardless of their religion.<\/li><li>it\u2019s possible to submit online forms for civil marriage of ex-pats in Abu Dhabi outside UAE.<\/li><li>the couple will visit the court on the scheduled date to sign the marriage certificate. And will be able to get in 10 minutes a stamped original copy.<\/li><li>civil marriages based on free will are also recognized by the law. Therefore, the woman\u2019s family need not consent.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To sum up, Abu Dhabi is offering ex-pats a legal solution to tying the knot without religious restrictions, but <strong>marriage in UAE for foreigners under Sharia law is not permitted.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong><em>Despite the new marriage law, marrying in the UAE may still not sound so easy. Ask <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/easyweddingdubai.com\/blog\/how-to-get-married-in-the-abu-dhabi-court-insight-for-expats-in-dubai\/\"><strong><em>Easy wedding<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>, our legal wedding team, for a consultation to walk you through the steps of legally marrying your partner.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s say it clearly: with the recent family laws in Abu Dhabi,ex-pats may have a civil wedding. Still marriage in UAE for foreigners under Sharia law is not permitted. Based on Sharia law, only Muslim individuals are allowed to marry under Saudia law.\u00a0Anyway with the new personal status for non-Muslim law ex-pats of different religions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[30,32,50,49,48,46,47,31],"class_list":["post-1243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-abu-dhabi-marriages-packages","tag-abu-dhabi-wedding","tag-getting-married-in-abu-dhabi","tag-getting-married-in-uae","tag-how-expats-can-get-married-in-uae","tag-marriage-in-uae","tag-marriage-under-sharia","tag-wedding-in-uae"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MARRIAGE IN UAE FOR FOREIGNERS UNDER SHARIA LAW<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A marriage in UAE for foreigners under Sharia law is not permitted. 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