Is an Online Marriage (Nikah) With Appointed Lawyers and Witnesses Physically Present With the Facilitator (Aqid) Valid?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Is an Online Marriage (Nikah) With Appointed Lawyers and Witnesses Physically Present With the Facilitator (Aqid) Valid?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
Your marriage contract (nikah) was valid in this way. Allah Most High bless you both through your marriage and give you a happy life and righteous and healthy children. Amin.
General Marriage
Marriage is concluded and contracted with the offer and acceptance in the presence of two witnesses, or one male and two female witnesses. It is also permitted that both parties have agents conducting their marriage; like in your case, hence, both agents will pronounce the offer and acceptance on behalf of the man and woman.
[Ibn ʿAbidin, Radd al-Muhtar; Maydani, al-Lubab fi Sharh al-Kitab]
Marriage by Agency (Wakala)
[Qudri Pasha, Al-Akham al-Shar’iyya fi al-Ahwal al-Shakhsiyya]
I would like you to go through the valuable answers and links below. You will receive guidance and direction in sha Allah.
Related
- Is It Permissible to Conduct a Marriage via Video-Conference? (seekers.flywheelstaging.com)
- The Elements of Meaningful Marriage Contracts – SeekersGuidance
- Etiquette of Marriage: A Comprehensive SeekersGuidance Reader
- Can Two Marriage Ceremonies Take Place? – SeekersGuidance
I pray this helps with your question.
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied within UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan and Turkey.
He started his early education in UK. He went onto complete hifz of Qur’an in India, then enrolled into an Islamic seminary in UK where he studied the secular and Alimiyyah sciences. He then travelled to Karachi, Pakistan.
He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for a number of years. He has taught hifz of the Qur’an, Tajwid, Fiqh and many other Islamic sciences to both children and adults onsite and online extensively in UK and Ireland. He was teaching at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences.
He currently resides in UK with his wife. His personal interest is love of books and gardening.
