A woman from Kafr al-Sheikh in northern Egypt has allegedly married 8 husbands simultaneously, violating Islamic law which permits a man to marry up to four women under certain conditions, but forbids a woman from doing the same. If a woman marries more than one man, she is considered to be in a state of "adultery." However, what "Ijlal" did in the 1980s exceeded all expectations.
"Ijlal" managed to have seven husbands at the same time until the eighth husband discovered the truth. Hussein, from the village of Hamrawi in Kafr al-Sheikh, accused his wife (Ijlal) of stealing a sum of three thousand Egyptian pounds from him and disappearing after he found out she had married another man through a customary contract, according to the newspaper Al-Akhbar.
In his complaint, the eighth husband stated that he was living a quiet life with his wife and children when this woman suddenly infiltrated his life. They developed a romantic relationship after she told him she was having issues with her husband and was on her way to divorce him due to the problems she was facing.
In 1989, one night, she informed him that she had divorced and would be going to Cairo to stay with her sister until her waiting period was over. Three months later, she returned to him, and they got married, as reported by the newspaper Al-Masaa that same year.
However, the deceived young man was surprised when someone approached him claiming to be a doorman and stated that he was the husband of this woman, having married her through a customary contract. He said she stole a thousand pounds from him and fled, but she denied it vehemently. The deceived husband believed her and scolded the man.
After several days, he was shocked to find that she had taken three thousand pounds and vanished. The deceived husband also discovered that his wife had previously been married to seven other men in different governorates and that she held four forged identification cards. A report was filed by the husband and referred to the attorney general for further investigation at that time.
