Validity of a secret nikaah
Question
Is a secret nikaah in which there are witnesses and where immediate family have been notified acceptable under Hanafi rulings?
Answer
If all the conditions for the validity of the nikaah are found, then the nikaah will be valid.
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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