Zayn Malik's sister slams fans for saying their 17-year-old sibling Safaa was 'too young' to get married

Waliyha Malik has been defending her teen sister Safaa's choice to get married to her boyfriend Martin Tiser in a traditional ceremony on September 16
UPDATED MAR 20, 2020
Zayn Malik (Getty Images)
Zayn Malik (Getty Images)

Zayn Malik's sister Waliyha, 21, has slammed the trolls on Instagram after they claimed that their sister Safaa, 17, was "too young" to get married.

Waliyha has been defending her teen sister's choice to get married to her boyfriend Martin Tiser in a traditional 'nikkah' ceremony on September 16 in their home city of Bradford.

Zayn did not attend the ceremony, however, many pictures of the wedding were posted on social media by a number of their relatives. 

On September 22, Waliyha posted a series of photos and videos from the traditional Muslim ceremony with the caption, "Congratulations to my beautiful baby sister and the best little brother in law on your Nikkah. love you."

When a social media user commented saying, "Wtf she's 17," Waliyha hit back saying, "She’s 17 years old yes and ????? What’s wtf about it?"

To another comment, which read, "Is that Safaa's wedding? Isn't she too young?" the fiery sibling replied, "It’s there [sic] life so please tell me why ur so concerned? Hasn’t ur own marriage worked or something."

Yet another user wrote, "What the hell man she's a baby what's with the world these days?", to which the 21-year-old said, "What's wrong with the world these days that ur drinking a glass of coke and put it as ur dp????????"

She also wrote to another troller saying her sister's wedding at a seemingly early age wasn't due to their culture. "Does it have to be a culture thing? Isn't it normal to fall in love and get married," she said. 

And to a person who whined, saying, "WE WANT ZAYNNNNNNNNNN," the 'Dusk Till Dawn' artist's sister snaped back, "Well your on the wrong Instagram if you didn't know his is @zayn."

Although the former One Direction band member was nowhere to be seen at his sister's wedding, his dad, Yaser, and sisters—Doniya, 28, and Waliyha—were in attendance.

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