Sad how a young girl was pushed into marriage. I hope this doesn't happen to her again. It makes you wonder what 80-year old man would want a girl who could be his granddaughter and even great granddaughter
14-year-old wife freed from 80-year-old husband
A benevolent stranger pays wedding money to husband for divorce
By Staff
Published Sunday, November 07, 2010
Okaz quoted Rahim as saying he had not cheated the girl on the grounds he had come to her house and asked her father to marry her. (SUPPLIED)
A 14-year-old Saudi girl who had been forced to marry an 80-year-old man finally became free after an unknown benevolent man paid back the wedding money to the husband who had demanded payment in return for a divorce.
Ahmed Rahim immediately divorced Nura after receiving a cheque of SR17,000 (Dh16,648) from the unknown man during a meeting held at a social centre in the southwestern town of Sabya, 'Okaz' newspaper reported on Sunday.
Rahim married the teenage Nura last month with her fathers consent and refused to divorce her unless she pays him back his dowry, the money offered by a bridegroom to the bride under Islamic law.
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14-year-old wife freed from 80-year-old husband
A benevolent stranger pays wedding money to husband for divorce
By Staff
Published Sunday, November 07, 2010
Okaz quoted Rahim as saying he had not cheated the girl on the grounds he had come to her house and asked her father to marry her. (SUPPLIED)
A 14-year-old Saudi girl who had been forced to marry an 80-year-old man finally became free after an unknown benevolent man paid back the wedding money to the husband who had demanded payment in return for a divorce.
Ahmed Rahim immediately divorced Nura after receiving a cheque of SR17,000 (Dh16,648) from the unknown man during a meeting held at a social centre in the southwestern town of Sabya, 'Okaz' newspaper reported on Sunday.
Rahim married the teenage Nura last month with her fathers consent and refused to divorce her unless she pays him back his dowry, the money offered by a bridegroom to the bride under Islamic law.
Continue reading at:
14-year-old wife freed from 80-year-old husband - Emirates 24/7