Fatwa: # 18263
Category: Marriage
Country: Pakistan
Date: 1st September 2009

Title

is nikah valid without any wittness but quran,as the boy n girl made nikah by keeping their hands on quran and do aijab o qabool ...

Question

i hv asked the question before but u didnt reply.please sure reply me this time.is nikah valid without any wittness but quran,as the boy n girl made nikah by keeping their hands on quran and do aijab o qabool as in islam.also befor aijab o qabool they read 1st ruku of the holy quran together and take quarn as wittness.is it valid please tell me.

Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

The presence of at least two witnesses is a condition for the validity of a nikāh.  It is not valid to take the Qur’ān as a witness.  Therefore, the nikāh is not valid.

 

قال عامة العلماء إن الشهادة شرط جواز النكاح
(بدائع الصنائع، كتاب النكاح، بيان الشهادة فيه: 2/523؛ ديوبند)

 

وقد روي عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه نهى عن نكاح السر والنهي عن السر يكون أمرا بالاعلان لأن النهي عن الشيء أمر بضده وروي عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال أعلنوا النكاح ولو بالدف ولنا ما روي عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال لا نكاح إلا بشهود وروي لا نكاح إلا بشاهدين
(المرجع السابق)

 

قال: بلغنا عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال: "لا نكاح إلا بشهود" وبه أخذ علماؤنا رحمهم الله تعالى

(كتاب المبسوط، كتاب النكاح، باب النكاح بغير شهود: 5/28؛ الفكر)

 

قوله (وشرط حضور شاهدين) أي يشهدان على العقد

(رد المحتار، كتاب النكاح: 3/21؛ سعيد)

 

And Allah knows best

Wassalaamu `alaykum

Ml. Abrar Mirza,
Student Darul Iftaa

Darul Iftaa

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