Of Dzul's marriage review... revisiting Zaki Azmi's predicament

First, Islam allows for a Muslim man to marry four if he has the capability and capacity to equally treat his wives. I will not go into the details as I am a "One-woman man".

Dzulkifli Ahmad, MACC chief slips in the news, after his alledged tryst in Bali. The Government has dropped his case because the prosecutors stamped NFA necessary. He was reportedly took on a second wife in Kelantan after videos of his supposedly trip to Indonesia surfaced.

All's well if it ends well? No, not in Dzul's case...


Malaysiakini's news on MACC Chief absent from marriage review is interesting. It states that :-

1. MACC Chief and his new wife is absent from their marriage review in Kota Bharu;
2. Kota Bharu is in Kelantan and Kelantan is ruled by PAS-led government and the religious purview in under the state and officially the State religious head is the Sultan of Kelantan;
3. A complaint against Dzul's union in Kota Bharu in Jan 2018 triggers the marriage review;
4. Dzul alledgedly failed to seek permission from Syariah court before he entered into second marriage;

Now, what is rukun nikah in Islam? Well, there are 5 ie :-
1. A man (husband);
2. woman (wife);
3. Wali (person who gives the woman for marriage ie the woman's father/brothers/relatives);
4. Witness (saksi)
5. Ijab n Kabul (marriage rites)

What about the conditions (syarat) for nikah? Amongst others :-
1. Islam;
2. Bukan mahram ie not own siblings/relatives which Islam forbids marriage;
3. Not while perfoming hajj or umrah;
4. Willingness and not forced;
5. man does not have 4 wives during the time of marriage;
6. knowing that the woman to be married is eligible ie not someone's else wife etc

Not sure what the marriage review is all about but based on the rukun, it should meet with all the requirements. Whatever, let us let the Kelantan syariah court hears the arguments and decide on the marriage review. Sweating time, eh Dzul?

Whenever a high profile individual goes into second marriage, controversy sometimes follow. Remember Zaki Azmi? To cut out the suspense, Zaki Azmi was Ketua Hakim Negara (Chief Justice) of Malaysia from 2008 - 2011. He was also a ranking member of UMNO's disciplinary board before taking the office of Ketua Hakim Negara.

Zaki's second marriage took place in Perlis in May 2005 by a kadi from Thailand. 2 months later, Zaki applied for his marriage to be declared null and void. There must be reason(s) for Zaki to choose that path. Could it be pressure from home? Could it be due to his possible climb up the judiciary post? Could it be love lost along the way?

It is not easy to live a high-profile civilian life when you take on second marriage. There is a need to juggle between the 2 homes and what more when it is your first wife who face the challenges when first staring out. When success is there, many will be more than willing to be taken in as second wife (or third or fourth) because perks are aplenty.

Don't believe? You can ask Kinabatangan Bung Moktar or maybe someone higher up in his political circle. Hadi has more than 1 wife and there are those who took artists as second wives... you can ask them as long as it is not fake news.

Don't tell me that another Azmi ie Azmi Khalid's marriage to Normala Samsuddin is fake news... hmmm what about ...?

Whatever, hoping Dzul is not regretting his decision to enter second marriage. Too late to reverse... this is not a board game where you can re-start from zero...
Till then...G'nite M'sia...wherever u are...