He problem in the widow's marriage without a divorce certificate was a marriage carried out by
a widow at the Office of Religious Affairs without a divorce certificate from the Religious Court, and
the Office of Religious Affairs recorded the marriage. This type of research is field research using the
sociological approach of Islamic law. The results revealed several findings about the factors causing
widow marriages without divorce certificates from the Religious Courts, namely: (1) factors that
cause widow marriage without divorce certificates are economic factors, widow desire factors for
marriage and lack of public legal awareness of marriage. The legal consequence is that the marriage
can be canceled (Article 22 of Law No. 1 of 1974). Children remain joint responsibility and shared
assets can be divided between husband and wife (2) widow's marriage procedure without divorce
certificate in accordance with the positive law stipulated in KMA No. 477 of 2004 jo. KMA No. 298 of
2003. However, the KUA married it with an attachment to the divorce statement from Wali Nagari as
a requirement for marital administration. (3) The KUA's consideration in carrying out widow
marriage registration without divorce certificate was that the widow had divorced and arrived in the
period the marriage is already complete in the Shari'a. If the marriage is not carried out, it will have a
negative impact on both parties such as adultery and public gossip.
Keywords: marriage, widow, divorce certificate.