# The family's embrace.

# The family's embrace.

Dr. Mustafa Bin Hamza says: “Marrying a woman off before the legal age is a crime that prevents the marriage from being registered, puts the woman at the mercy of her husband and exposes her to losing all her rights, especially in the case of divorce; it also exposes the children to living in a wretched social situation if proof of the marriage and of descent from a particular family cannot be established.”
Dr. Al-Sibai says that ours is an age in which people are fully aware of its problems: a girl knows the problems and hardships of marriage, so she does not agree with her guardians on marriage unless she is convinced it is in her interest; and likewise guardians know how hard marriage at a very early age is — they wanted their girl to marry a few years after puberty, believing that was in her interest.
In short: child marriage is a social inheritance, widespread especially in rural areas; its main causes usually go back to a mistaken understanding of religion and adherence to outdated traditions and customs, in addition to poverty and need, and the continuation of this phenomenon may lead to dire consequences that bring clear loss upon the individual and society