The Ministry of Justice has denied rumors that the ministry had included a service on its website that enables women to find out if prospective husbands have been previously married by entering a man's civil registration number.

A source at the Ministry of Justice told local media that these rumors, which were posted on Twitter and Facebook, are false and that the ministry doesn’t offer this kind of service on its website.

Twitter and Facebook users posted that women can enter their husband’s civil registration number on the ministry’s website to find out if they are married to another woman.

Mohammad Al-Babteen, director of the General Administration for Marriages at the Ministry of Justice, said that the ministry had halted this agreement with the National Information Center because disclosing such information falls solely under the jurisdiction of courts and "mazzouns" (marriage ministers) and will not be made public.

Al-Babteen said submitting inquiries through civil registers before signing the marriage contract requires technical linkage with the Ministry of Justice, Civil Status and the National Information Center, which is still pending approval.

The director said his administration only suggested attaching the husband's details to the actual marriage contract.