Shahla Jahed, former 'temporary' wife of footballer Nasser Mohammad Khani, hanged in Iran for allegedly stabbing to death the 'permanent' wife

Jahed was hanged for stabbing to death Laleh Saharkhizan in 2002. She confessed to the crime but later withdrew the confession widely suspected of being forced.

Iran's Shiite Islam allows time limited marriages which expires after the agreed period, although it can be renewed.

Men are allowed up to four permanent wives and any number of temporary wives, while women are only allowed one marriage at a time.

Karim Lahidji, the president of the Iranian League for Human Rights, said that Jahed 'never had a fair trial' and that she was 'a victim of a misogynous society'.


Source: Daily Mail (U.K.)


Comment: According to Wikipedia, such marriages are called Nikāḥ al-Mut‘ah in Arabic, and sigheh in Persian. They are based on Koran verse 4:24 which says "Then give those of these women you have enjoyed the agreed dower", which according to a hadith from Mujahid recorded by Tabari, was referring to temporary marriages. Shiites allow them saying Imam Ali ruled them permissible and blamed Omar for banning them. Read more about them here and here.


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