Re: nikah validity..
I am so sorry to hear of this hun,
The difference between an annulment and divorce is that an annulment is basically saying the marriage is null and void…you were tricked, marriage was not consummated, etc. An annulment renders the marriage invalid. Almost like getting to “take it back” in an oversimplified way of saying it.
A divorce is stating that there was a real marriage and you two are now dissolving it. You no longer want to be married. There would be division of property (unless there was a pre-nup) and custody hearings if you had kids.
Your nikah is valid…you’d have to see a sheikh and get some advice on what to do next.