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Board dissolves marriage of young couple for failing to seek parents consent

The Kano State Hisbah Board has dissolved the marriage of two young love ‘birds’ who tied the knot without their parents consent.

The couple, identified as Aliyu Mukhtar and Fatima, both residents of Yakasai area in Kano reportedly conducted their wedding ceremony in secret after their families refused to allow their marriage.

According to the 22-year-old groom Aliyu, he decided to proceed with the marriage after his father refused to grant permission; “When I told him I wanted to marry her, he said I was too young and he won’t allow it”

On the part of the teenage bride, her family objected to the relationship because he is still in her final year of secondary school.

Left with no support, the couple chose to formalize their union without notifying their relatives or guardians. Their friends acted as their guardians and the Nikkah was quickly conducted.

Their decision triggered a backlash from their families, who petitioned the Hisbah Board to intervene and investigate how the youths were able to marry without parental consent.


The Hisbah Board concluded that while the marriage did not contravene any existing laws or religious injunctions outright, it nonetheless lacked the necessary consent from both families, an element considered vital under local customs and Islamic marital practices. Therefore, the marriage has been annulled with immediate effect.

As at the time of filing this report, neither Aliyu nor Fatima had publicly commented on the dissolution of their marriage.

FreeStuffsNG:
https://dailypost.ng/2025/07/04/board-dissolves-marriage-of-young-couple-for-failing-to-seek-parents-consent/

Apcshit:
This country should be divided into 3 .u can't understand

Odobaone:
Can this be done to the children of the rich or Elites in the same KANO?

Policies to favour the ruched and choke the poor

free2ryhme:
That one na una business

Religious police overdoing and overreaching their bounds

if it involves wealthy people these cretins will never show up nor interfere

Wizardslayer:
What else does Islam propagate if not backwardness and extremism.

Nigerian Muslims have to summon courage and ask Kazakhstan, Jordan, UAE and Saudi Arabia how they're practicing their own version of moderate islam.

olayinka63:
Read to understand, don't just shout. The two parents invited hisbah. Hisbah did not go on their own. If the rich parents invited them too they will honor it.
Where you don't have knowledge, don't contribute ignorantly.

FreeStuffsNG:
https://dailypost.ng/2025/07/04/board-dissolves-marriage-of-young-couple-for-failing-to-seek-parents-consent/

olayinka63:
Read to understand, don't just shout. The two parents invited hisbah. Hisbah did not go on their own. If the rich parents invited them too they will honor it.
Where you don't have knowledge, don't contribute ignorantly.

Softmirror:
Try get money o! I don tell you. Try get money. Try get money.

free2ryhme:
Your response only underscores how misguided your argument is. Is it truly Hisbah’s role to annul a marriage, even without proper authorization from both sets of parents? Which law or act establishing Hisbah empowers it to dissolve weddings?

This is precisely why ignorance and illiteracy persist in the North, blind acceptance without questioning legality or due process.

Simply put: it’s one thing to honor an invitation, it’s another to overstep legal bounds. Understanding that difference is critical.

abbey621:
You're being mischievous! Hisbah is the enforcement arm of the Sharia court of appeals in the North. Sharia was formally recognized by then OBJ government and is very much legal in the North. The article is actually a bit misleading, it was not Hisbah but the Sharia court itself that did the annulment!