How many people should be present for a nikaah to be valid?
Question
In a nikah ceremony for a new Muslim couple, one male adult wakeel on behalf of bride and another male adult witness were present. Is the nikah for both valid. Later this nikah was register in a madressa with a mufti.
Answer
If there were only three people present for the nikaah (the bride groom, the representative of the bride and one witness), the nikaah is not valid. Besides the bride groom and the representative of the bride, there should be at least two male baaligh muslim witnesses.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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