{"_id":"6aa997c81471556dd71dc7e8","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Can I mark myself as single on a government form if my nikah is not legally recognized?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"I am married (have done my nikah), but my country does not legally recognize the nikah as a civil marriage. I would need to complete a separate legal marriage for the government to consider me married.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"If a government form asks whether I am married or single, can I select “single” (or “ledig” in German) because I do not have a legally recognized marriage? Would indicating that I am single on the form have any effect on my Islamic marriage or cause a divorce? I follow the Shafiʿi school.\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"I am fairly certain that they're asking if you have a legal marriage license that the government recognizes.\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fe40b76658b4c23283a","tag":"Contemporary Life: Other","count":141},{"_id":"668d9ff10b76658b4c2329bc","tag":"Marriage: Divorce","count":28}],"createdOn":"2026-09-15T19:08:56.925Z"}