A Woman Remarried Without Divorcing Her First Husband.
The Shafi’i, Maliki and Hanbali schools say that nikah entered into by a woman herself, without the permission of her wali, is invalid and void. However, the Hanafi ruling on the said matter is that a woman can enter into a marital contract by herself without the permission from her wali.
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It means that she is not in contact with him. It does not imply that he cheated or was insincere. I’m not discounting that possibility, but we should refrain from drawing our own conclusions and basing any advice upon them in sensitive matters like this.