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Lawyer warns against fake marriage promises via “social media”
A relationship through social media often ends with fake promises.
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Youssef Al-Sharif: "False promises through social media lead to many psychological and social problems."
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The legal advisor, Dr. Youssef Al-Sharif, warned against fictitious marriage promises, which arise as a result of the acquaintance and relationships of some young men and girls through social networking sites, and are far from the control and knowledge of parents, stressing not to believe these false promises, which lead to many psychological and social problems, And the need for adolescents to be aware that these matters are done through the official channels represented by the parents.
He said that the legislator in the UAE Personal Status Law in Article 17 stipulates that “the engagement is a request and a promise to marry, and that is not considered marriage.” life or one of its brothers.
This came as part of legal awareness sessions, presented by Al-Sharif, through "Emirates Today", to shed light on the Personal Status Law and its new articles.
Al-Sharif presented the story of a 17-year-old girl, who recently finished high school, and got to know a young man (21 years old) of her same nationalities, through the social networking application “Snapchat”, and their relationship developed into calls, love and a promise of engagement and marriage.
The questioner said, "She met the young man more than once in public places, cafes and commercial centers, without transgressing the boundaries in the relationship, and did not exceed the handshake, and she felt that he loved her, and she exchanged the same feelings for him, and they agreed to marry and be engaged as soon as he finished his university studies, and to get a job, And he pledged to marry her to her family,” noting that “during this period, I entered the university, and her boyfriend graduated more than a year ago, and he has not got a job yet.”
She stated that "a person proposed to her from her family, and she rejects the idea of having a relationship with someone other than her boyfriend, and her family does not know about her relationship."
She indicated that she has a friend, who knows the details of her relationship with this young man, and when she learned that someone came to propose to her, she assured her that it was not permissible on the basis of a deed that she was engaged to this young man, and asked her to insist on refusing the groom in any way, even though he works and from a well-off family.
The reader asks whether it is legal for her to be engaged to someone without her family’s knowledge, and is the promise of the young man through social media real or is it a false promise.
For his part, Dr. Youssef Al-Sharif responded, saying: “The issue of getting to know a person away from family, this is rejected by most families, and the evidence is that you did not tell your family about this relationship, which indicates your conviction of your mistake, because our customs that govern us, differ from the customs of other countries. And this is a natural and normal matter, and it does not disgrace us or them, for every people and society has its own customs and traditions in relation to engagement, marriage, or other ways of life.”
He advised her to be honest with her family about the hidden relationship with this young man, to provide her with assistance, and if they saw that it suits her, they could accept it, pointing out that if this young man was sincere in his association with her, he would have asked his family to come to the questioner’s house and apply to her family, and formally propose to her And after getting a job, he begins the procedures of writing the book, stressing the importance of the girl choosing her life partner within the family, and by virtue of the customs and traditions that contradict what the questioner did.
He stressed that by law, the sermon claimed between acquaintances on social media or others away from the family domain is not binding, because there is no obligation between the parents, such as reading an opening or giving gifts, so it is a word and ends in any case, as the questioner's case can be described as having a relationship , not engaged.
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