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Fatwa CenterA Woman Marrying Another Man While While She Is Still Married
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I want to ask i am in a nikkah with a person who already have first wife and 2 childrens and we decide mutually to keep it hidden since start but now that my parents are making me married to another man soon because they dont know i am already in a nikkah of someone and i cant tell them that i am nikkahfied and my husband also cant disclose this truth infront of his family because this may lead him consequences in his personql and professional life. What should we do in this scenerio?
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All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
If we assume that by “Nikah” you meant an actual marriage, you did not explain how this marriage was conducted, Likewise, you did not mention whether or not the conditions for a valid marriage were fulfilled. One of the most important conditions, according to the majority of scholars (and it is the opinion we adopt when asked, due to the strength of its evidence), is that the marriage must be conducted with the permission of the woman's Wali (guardian).
Based on this, the marriage is Batil (void, i.e. not legally binding) and must be annulled, unless it was conducted according to the Hanafi school of jurisprudence, which does not require the guardian's permission for the validity of the marriage, or if it was ruled valid by a judge who adheres to that view. Imam Al-Ghazali 
a Shafi’i scholar, said in Al-Mustasfa: “If a marriage without a guardian is performed by a Hanafi who believes in its validity, the marriage is valid for him.” [End quote.]
If your father now intends to marry you off to someone else, it is necessary to inform him of the existing marriage. It is not permissible to marry another man while you are still married, as this constitutes a legal impediment to marriage. Allah the Almighty has listed married women among those prohibited in marriage, saying: {And [also prohibited to you are all] married women…..} [Quran 4: 24]
Similarly, even if the marriage took place without the Wali’s knowledge and is considered Fasid (irregular, i.e. incorrect but could be rectified in general), you cannot enter a new marriage until the first one is ended, either by divorce or annulment. Thus, your current husband must choose one of two options: either he separates from you through divorce or annulment, in which case you may remarry after the end of your ‘Iddah (waiting period); or he keeps you in his marriage, declares it publicly, and bears whatever consequences may arise from that announcement.
Allah Knows best.
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