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Valid Nikah: Conditions & Witnesses
569 fatawa from 7 South African Darul Iftas on Valid Nikah: Conditions & Witnesses, part of Marriage. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
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Valid Nikah: Conditions & Witnesses fatawa — page 2 of 15
- Azaadville25 Nov 2021
Validity of Walimah
Will the Walimah be valid if the couple were unable to be intimate due to the wife experiencing her monthly cycle?
- Jamiat KZN25 Nov 2021
Will a virtual Nikah performed over video call be valid?
Party A wishes to marry Party B. However, they reside in different countries. If they have a virtual Nikah over video call will this be valid?
Mufti Ismaeel Bassa - Mufti Online15 Sep 2021
Making a condition with one's wife that one will not marry a second or third wife
Is it permissible to agree not to marry a second or third wife as a condition of a nikaah with the first wife? Is there evidence from the first 3…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online7 Sep 2021
Marrying for a specific period of time
I am 60+ and a widower. My children are abroad. I want to marry a Muslim lady widow to take care of me. Can I marry her with the following terms: 1.…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online23 Aug 2021
Marrying an agnostic man
I am a practising Muslim woman and I want to ask if I can marry a Muslim agnostic man. He lives by sunni school of thought, had a Muslim upbringing,…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam14 Aug 2021
Nikah without witnesses
Aoa ! My question is that if a girl and boy say "I accept ....... Son/daughter of ......... On a mehr of ............ In my nikah" 3 times without…
Mudassir Benish - Ask Imaam11 Aug 2021
Is my Nikāh valid if there wasn’t Kufuw?
According to Mln Ashraf Ali Thanwi in his book, nikah marriage in islam, he mentions that for one to be equal in wealth in regards to kafaah it is…
Ikraam Elias Gangat - Mufti Online30 Jun 2021
Appointing a wakeel on behalf of the girl
1. Person A tells person B, “I will appoint a wakeel on behalf of you who will marry you to me”. Person A agrees. Later the wakeel marries person A…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online27 Jun 2021
Postponing marriage due to health issues
Islam tells us to marry when a boy or girl becomes mature, age 12-13. But according to science, if a girl marries at 12-13 and becomes pregnant then…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online13 Jun 2021
Validity of nikaah if mahr was not mentioned at the time of nikaah
Zaid conducted the marriage of Zainab to Shuaib. But Zainab did not appoint Zaid as wakeel. However Zainab heard the ijab and qubool through the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam4 Jun 2021
Is my Nikah still valid after I reverted?
Dear brother in Islam, I am a newly revert. I was married in a church ceremony before my conversion. I have since separated from my husband 4 months…
Ibn Aḥsan - Mufti Online24 May 2021
Validity of nikaah if one did not receive a nikaah certificate
I got married a year ago. Nikaah and everything took place but I never sign the certificate or recieve a certificate saying that I'm married. Am I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Jan 2021
Getting married without one's parents consent if one fears falling into sin
A person asked his parents to let him get married but his parents refused him even though that person was earning good and has enough money to…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online14 Jan 2021
Seeking repentance for one's past sins before marriage
If a man and woman commit zina before getting married. After their marriage, they had children and realized that what they have done before marriage…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Dec 2020
Boy and girl considering each other as husband and wife without proposal and acceptance
If a girl and boy considers each other as husband and wife without proposal and acceptance, will their nikaah be valid or not? I saw in one tv…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Dec 2020
Girl completing the recitation of the Quraan in front of an Ustaadh for marriage proposal to be accepted
My mom said that during marriage, the husbands family asks the girl if she had completed reading the Quran in front of an aalim/muallima/ustaadh. I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam19 Oct 2020
What is the bare minimum that needs to be done for a nikah to be valid?
What is the bare minimum that needs to be done for a nikah to be valid?
Mohammed - Mufti Online24 Sep 2020
Nikaah taking place by replying yes to the words "marry me" and "will you marry me"
Can a nikaah take place by responding yes to the words like "marry me" and "will you marry me"? What is the ruling of Islam in this matter?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Sep 2020
Woman conducting a nikaah
Can a woman perform nikaah of two people like nikaah molvi and nikaah qazi? This type of nikaah will be valid or not if performed by a woman qazi?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online29 Aug 2020
Roles of witnesses after nikaah is solemnized
Please let me know if there is any role of witnesses after the nikaah ceremony has been performed and they have signed the nikah document as…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Aug 2020
Status of nikaah if a man lied to a girl just to get married to her
If a woman marries a man based on what he told her and later on she finds out that the man was untruthful, meaning he lied about everything just to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam1 Jul 2020
Nikah over video call. Is it valid?
Muftisaab, I’d like to know, during this time with travel not allowed, is it permissible to make nikaah over the phone like through a video call?…
Ahmad Patel - Jamiat KZN1 Jul 2020
Nikah over video call. Is it valid?
Muftisaab, I’d like to know, during this time with travel not allowed, is it permissible to make nikaah over the phone like through a video call?…
Ahmad Patel - Ask Imaam20 Jun 2020
How many witnesses are required for nikah?
Assalamu Alaikkum. I am from Australia. I want to marry a girl from Malaysia. Minimum how many people reuquired for Nikkah. I plan to do nikah in…
Abu ‘Umar Muhammad bin Zayn Patel - Ask Imaam3 May 2020
Nikah on video call and Wali in Nikah - Is it valid?
Assalaam Alaikum, My cousin and I are from hanafi maslaq and married each other privately without any wali. My husband read the khutba and offer and…
Bilal Yusuf Pandor - Ask Imaam23 Feb 2020
Is my Nikah valid?
Assalamu Alaykum. I reside in the UK and I am 27 years old and I recently got married Alhamdulillah on the 3rd of January 2020 and I had a question…
Hammad Ibn Ismail Jogiat - Ask Imaam16 Feb 2020
Is my Nikah valid?
Salam, I had to renew my nikkah due to certain circumstances my husband gave me talaaq-e-Bayaan, we are of hanafi sect so my parents said I don’t…
Hammad Ibn Ismail Jogiat - Ask Imaam7 Feb 2020
A Nikah has been invalid for ten years. Are the two children Haraam or Halaal?
Asslam O Alekum Lady got a divorce from the first husband and married the another person but she married over the telephone husband and wife were in…
Hasan Ahmed Razzak - Mufti Online22 Jan 2020
Taking a second wife
I’m married for 5 years and Masha Allah we live a happy life. And now my husband is asking permission from me for a second wife. But as of our life…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam14 Dec 2019
Is Salaah valid if one’s gaze falls on one’s wife changing during the second Salam?
Assalaamu alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuhu, I was travelling with my wife to another city and was staying in a very small hotel room. We had…
Muhammed Shafi - Ask Imaam11 Dec 2019
In the enquired situation, Is the marriage still valid?
Assalamu alaikum, my question is related to Iddat. A woman is married and the marriage is consummated, but the husband later rejects her and hasn't…
Shakib Alam - Ask Imaam27 Nov 2019
Is my Nikaah valid?
Assalamo alaikum, i married a man, who is previously married. With presecnce of 2 witnesses. But we have not declared it to anyone. so is it valid?
Mohamed Ebrahim bin Ismail Abdullah - Ask Imaam12 Nov 2019
Is the Wakālah of a non-muslim/ stranger valid in nikāḥ?
If a lady accepts Islām and wants to get married, can any of her non-muslim family members represent her? If she doesn’t have any family members…
Ikraam Bin Elias Gangat - Mufti Online15 Oct 2019
Muslim woman marrying a non-Muslim
I am a Muslim Sunni Sayyed woman coming from a religious background. Recently a Christian man has approached me. He says he wants to marry me. I…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Oct 2019
Getting pregnant with another man's baby before nikaah
If a girl got pregnant before marriage and married another man without knowing that she is pregnant and when she found out about it after marriage…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online14 Oct 2019
Requirements of a valid nikaah
1. What are the requirements of a valid marriage in Islam? Is the consent of parents mandatory? 2. If a girl and boy (both adults), in the presence…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online6 Oct 2019
Witnesses for a nikaah being under the influence of drugs
I got married secretly in a car whilst I was waiting for my future wife. Me and my 2 male friends were under the influence of drugs (weed) so when I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Oct 2019
Bridegroom mumbling some words in Arabic at the time of nikaah
Was this nikah valid? The Imam told the bridegroom clearly to many witnesses in the masjid that ‘do you accept so and so’ upon which the bridegroom…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Oct 2019
Signing the nikaah register for the nikaah to be valid
I’m a 54 year old widow for 5 years. I recently made nikah (alhamdullilah). Our nikah was done accordingly to sharia ruling, but we didn’t sign any…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam23 Sep 2019
Is my Nikah valid?
- [ ] I have got married to my first cousin(my fathers sisters daughter) since 2 months. Relatives where invited for the marriage from both sides.…
Ahmed-Ur-Rahmaan Ibn Mufti Mohammed Patel
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