Is It Valid to Marry the Same Person Again While Being Married to Him?

Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam

Question: Assalam alaykum

Is it valid to marry the same person again while being married to him?

Answer: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,

You should perform the official marriage ceremony [containing the verbal contract] a single time, properly and with all of its sunnas. There shouldn’t be a need to repeat the ceremony, but if a reliable scholar states that it needs to be repeated for a valid reason, such as in the case a condition was not met, then it should be redone.

Please see: What Are the Minimum Steps That Must Be Taken for a Marriage to Be Valid? and: Can I Marry in Secret With the Minimum Conditions for a Valid Marriage in Order to Avoid Fornication? and: Etiquette of Marriage: A Comprehensive SeekersHub Reader

And Allah Most High alone knows best.

wassalam,
[Ustadh] Tabraze Azam

Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Ustadh Tabraze Azam holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Leicester, where he also served as the President of the Islamic Society. He memorised the entire Qur’an in his hometown of Ipswich at the tender age of sixteen, and has since studied the Islamic Sciences in traditional settings in the UK, Jordan and Turkey. He is currently pursuing advanced studies in Jordan, where he is presently based with his family.