Rushdie ya yi aure sau hudu. Ya auri matarsa ta farko Clarissa Luard daga 1976 zuwa 1987 kuma ya haifi ɗa, Zafar (an haife shi a 1979). Ya bar ta a tsakiyar '80s don marubucin Australiya Robyn Davidson, wanda abokinsu na Bruce Chatwin ya gabatar da shi. Matarsa ta biyu ita ce marubucin marubucin Amurka Marianne Wiggins; sun yi aure a 1988 kuma sun saki a 1993. Matarsa ta uku, daga 1997 zuwa 2004, ita ce Elizabeth West; suna da ɗa, Milan (an haife shi a 1997). A shekara ta 2004, ya auri Indiyawan Indiyawan Padma Lakshmi, 'yar wasan kwaikwayo, samfurin, da kuma mai gabatar da gidan talabijin na Amurka Top Chef. Auren ya ƙare a ranar 2 ga Yuli 2007. Tambaya: Yaushe auren ya ƙare?
2 ga watan Yulin 2007