Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 650

State of Kuwait · Personal Status · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The ruling on consolatory compensation in the predominant opinion of the Maliki school is that it is recommended. Its implication. It is a commendable matter between a person and his Creator, for which he is religiously rewarded, to mend the woman's heart after the calamity of divorce and compensate her for her pain due to separation. However, the divorcing husband is not judicially obligated to pay consolatory compensation to his divorced wife if his own self has not sought it. The effect thereof. He is not compelled to pay consolatory compensation in a divorce before consummation and after private seclusion, so long as he has not actually consummated the marriage with her. An example. - 444 - Personal Status Sixth: Birth and its effects 1- Lineage: (Establishment of lineage):
Arabic original
حكم المتعة في المشهور في مذهب المالكية هو الاستحباب. مفاده. أنه أمر مندوب بين المرء وخالقه يثاب عليه ديانة لجبر قلب المرأة من فجيعة الطلاق وتعويضاً عن ألمها بسبب الفراق. غلا أن المطلق لا يلزم قضاء بأداء المتعة لمطلقته إذا لم تطلب عنها نفسه. أثر ذلك. أنه لا يُجبر بأداء المتعة في طلاق قبل الدخول وبعد الخلوة ما دام أنه لم يدخل بها دخولاً حقيقياً. مثال. - ٤٤٤ - أحوال شخصية سادساً الولادة وآثارها ١- النسب: (ثبوت النسب):
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(الطعن ٤٥٨/٢٠٠٧ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٦/٤/٢٠٠٩ لم ينشر)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 444. PDF pages: 429.

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