Re: Holy matrimony: Watta satta - your daughter in exchange for mine
I know of two sisters married to two brothers, so I guess that would be watta satta marriage…although in their case, it wasn’t set as a condition. MashaAllah se they’re happy. I do not favor the imposing of such an arrangement. However, I suspect that the abusive husbands in this article would have mistreated their wives even if they didn’t have a watta-satta marriage. Look at the quoted example. Assuming the glass was broken by accident, that doesn’t warrant a scolding from your spouse. It’s easily replaceable. To physically harm your wife when the other guy merely scolded his sister is not only unjust but too severe of a reaction. Both men…the scolder and the hitter…lack control of their tempers. So they might behave this way with their wives irrespective of what kind of marriage they have. Though, yes, a watta-satta (like cousin marriages) can make relationships more delicate.