A Dubai couple’s union is a serious contender for the title of shortest marriage in history, after the groom decided to divorce his bride less than 15 minutes after marrying her.
一对迪拜夫妇的工会是历史上最短婚姻的一个重要竞争者，在新郎决定和新娘结婚15分钟后决定离婚。
You may be wondering what on Earth could make a man to divorce his wife so fast. Well, in this case, the answer is money, more specifically the dowry payment he had agreed to pay the bride’s father. As per the contract the groom and his father-in-law had signed, the newly-married man agreed to pay the bride’s father 100,000 Dirhams ($27,224) in two installments – 50,000 Dirhams ($13,612) upon the signing of the marriage contract inside the Sharia office, and the other 50,000 Dirhams upon leaving the court building.
这令你不禁好奇地想道：究竟是哪门子原因促使新郎如此迫不及待地和新娘离婚呢？答案是：钱——更确切地说，是他同意支付给新娘父亲的彩礼钱。新郎和新娘父亲曾经签署过一份婚姻契约。根据契约内容：新郎同意支付给新娘父亲10万迪拉姆（约合174,420人民币），作为彩礼钱；彩礼钱分两期付款——在伊斯兰教办公室签署婚姻契约后立即支付第一笔款，在离开法院大楼后立即支付第二笔款，两期款分别为5万迪拉姆。
The groom reportedly made the initial payment as agreed, but as soon as he and his bride left the court building, his father-in-law immediately demanded the other half. The newly-married man asked the bride’s father to wait just five minutes, assuring him that the money was in the car and he had nothing to worry about.
据报导，新郎如期支付了第一笔款，但当他和新娘离开法院大楼时，新娘父亲便立刻要求他拿出另一笔款。新郎请新娘父亲稍等五分钟，并向他保证钱就在车里，没什么可担心的。
However, the father-in-law insisted that the groom send one of his friends or a relative to get the money from his car so he could be paid immediately. This discussion allegedly happened under the scrutinizing eyes of the newlyweds friends and family, which made the groom feel “insulted and demeaned”. He went back into the court house and divorced his wife less than 15 minutes after marrying her.
然而，新娘父亲却坚持让新郎派一位亲戚或朋友回车里取钱，他好立刻得到那笔钱。据称，这场谈话发生在众目睽睽之下，发生在所有亲朋好友的见证下。这让新郎觉得自己的人格受到了侮辱。因此，他便返回法院，和妻子离婚了——从登记结婚到办理离婚，整个过程不超过15分钟。
“The groom felt insulted and demeaned by his father-in-law,” a lawyer handling the case told Gulf News. “He told the bride’s father that he did not want his daughter as his wife and divorced her in less than 15 minutes from signing the marriage contract.”
处理这桩事情的匿名律师在采访中表示：新郎认为，新娘父母羞辱了他，有损他的人格尊严。他告诉新娘父亲，他不想娶他女儿做老婆了。于是，他在签署婚姻契约后不到15分钟便和她离婚了。
