I am a British national and have recently had my nikkah done with a Pakistani national who resides in Dubai. I am worried that the nikkah papers are not good enough. Is it better if i get the nikkah done in Dubai again? does this give me more rights as a woman if anything goes wrong? I have heard people say that the law leans in favour of women in Dubai. Can someone please give me advice on this matter
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Re: Should I Get Married in Dubai?
Pakistani man could make your life hell anywhere, be it Dubai, UK or USA or wherever. So if he is like that,it won't matter where you get married.
Re: Should I Get Married in Dubai?
It depends on what "bride money" you agree in the nikah papers. You can bargain for a higher "bride price" on signing the documents.
In the US a woman is entitled to most of her husband assets and a lifetime of alimony payments in case of divorce. Regardless of the reasons for divorce. Is that your idea of "more rights for the woman" ?
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Re: Should I Get Married in Dubai?
I am a British national and have recently had my nikkah done with a Pakistani national who resides in Dubai. I am worried that the nikkah papers are not good enough. Is it better if i get the nikkah done in Dubai again? does this give me more rights as a woman if anything goes wrong? I have heard people say that the law leans in favour of women in Dubai. Can someone please give me advice on this matter
thank u
and foreigners are saint. /s
Re: Should I Get Married in Dubai?
I havent really settled a mehr payment wasn't really interested so its a nominal amount, I was just worried that because of this I would be left stranded if something went wrong which I hope it never does Inshallah. One of my friends was living in Oman her husband passed away and they told her to leave the country once her iddat was finished, I do not want to be left like that especially after leaving everything behind.
Re: Should I Get Married in Dubai?
Umm…no. 
Its not that simple. TONS of other factors play into how assets are divided during a divorce and whether or not alimony is paid. Its not as black and white as you make it out to be.
Re: Should I Get Married in Dubai?
I havent really settled a mehr payment wasn't really interested so its a nominal amount, I was just worried that because of this I would be left stranded if something went wrong which I hope it never does Inshallah. One of my friends was living in Oman her husband passed away and they told her to leave the country once her iddat was finished, I do not want to be left like that especially after leaving everything behind.
I hope you don't have to face such a thing but it is pretty much same in Dubai as well. A woman, if an expatriat, is either sponsered by her father or her husband or has a work visa. One of my mom's friends here got divorced and then she had to leave Dubai and move to Pakistan.
Re: Should I Get Married in Dubai?
If you're a British citizen then you can sort of stay there for months at a time (practically forever) by just going in and out of the country (@ the Oman border, takes a total 2 hours back and forth) and get a visa on arrival stamped each time. It costs about 200aed each time and the visa lasts for 40 days. So u won't really be kicked out, but if god forbid ur husband does pass away what r u going to do there? And the other poster was right, as long as u r married legally u get whatever rights u r entitled to regardless of where the marriage occurred.
The real question is why do u have this feeling of impending doom, like ur marriage is not going to work out and u will be left high and dry so u need to safeguard. Practically speaking, unless ur mehr is a thick trust fund it's not really going to keep u for the r est of ur life if things do go south with ur hubby. So even if it's say 50,000aed how long can u live on that in Dubai or even in the uk? (btw u know that u r supposed to get ur mehr whenever u want after ur married and not only in case u get divorced right?). If u r worried about ur husband passing away and not having any financial support then I guess the best way to safeguard is to get a life insurance policy with u as his benefactor. Also in the middle eastern countries, when someone passes away their bank accounts (even if it's a joint account) and other assets I presume, are seized and only distributed by court order, after they have proper documentation on the deceased and the rightful heirs and their portions.
Re: Should I Get Married in Dubai?
The real question is why do u have this feeling of impending doom, like ur marriage is not going to work out and u will be left high and dry so u need to safeguard. Practically speaking, unless ur mehr is a thick trust fund it's not really going to keep u for the r est of ur life if things do go south with ur hubby. So even if it's say 50,000aed how long can u live on that in Dubai or even in the uk? (btw u know that u r supposed to get ur mehr whenever u want after ur married and not only in case u get divorced right?). If u r worried about ur husband passing away and not having any financial support then I guess the best way to safeguard is to get a life insurance policy with u as his benefactor. Also in the middle eastern countries, when someone passes away their bank accounts (even if it's a joint account) and other assets I presume, are seized and only distributed by court order, after they have proper documentation on the deceased and the rightful heirs and their portions.
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im leaving my job not studying further basically everything I'm familiar with and going off to a random place, I was just having these niggling insecurities so was wanting to cover myself for any possible future occurrences
Re: Should I Get Married in Dubai?
You can start working/ continue studying there too and just hope and pray for the best. Also do istikharah to put ur mind at ease. And then once this rishta goes thru and u do end up marrying the guy and moving to Dubai, then know in ur heart that this is what Allah thought is best for u no matter what hardships ( or not inshAllah) u might have to face in the future.