Marriage contract

[hybridmoon78]

Salam everyone,

Does anyone know if it is permissible to make a marriage contract of nikkah while a man and a woman are living in separate countries?

 

[hijab_sister]

salam
i dont know much abt this.but once i read in an islamic magzine that nikah on phone is not permissible,ALLAH knows the best.i can b wrong too.
waslam

 

[BintMuhammad]

Hmmmm..Maybe this is similar...



Contact with a fiancée via the Internet

Question:
As salamu alaykum

I asked a sister for her hand in marriage on-line and we talk to each other casually on the internet; is it allowed to speak to her even though I am not able to get married until I graduate (in 3 years).
was salamu alaykum


Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.

If a proper nikaah (marriage contract) has been done, then you can talk to her however you want, whenever you want, because she is legally your wife, even if you have not yet consummated the marriage. But if the Islamic contract has not yet been done, then she is still a "stranger" (non-mahram) to you, so avoid speaking directly to her. As for corresponding with her via e-mail or the Internet, there is nothing wrong with doing so, as long as the content of your letters is restricted to permissible matters such as advising, teaching and so on. But be very careful not to get dragged into romantic talk or anything else that could inflame desires or result in something bad.

May Allaah help us and you to obey Him and to avoid everything that may earn His wrath. May Allaah bless our Prophet Muhammad.




Islam Q&A
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

 

[BintMuhammad]

aaaand another one....


Conducting marriage contract by phone

Question:
I want to get married to a girl whose father is in another country, and at present I cannot travel there for us to meet and do the marriage contract, because of my financial situation and other reasons. I am living in a foreign country. Is it permissible for me to call her father on the phone so that he can say to me, “I marry my daughter so and so to you,” and I can say, “I accept,” with the girl’s consent and with two Muslim witnesses listening to what is said by means of loudspeakers attached to the phone? Would this be considered a valid marriage contract in shari’ah?

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.

We put this question to our mufti and shaykh, al-‘Allaamah ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Baaz, who replied that if what is described in the question is genuine (and is not done for the purpose of cheating), then it fulfils the purpose of meeting the conditions for nikaah, and the marriage contract is valid. And Allaah knows best.

Fiqh (jurisprudence and Islamic rulings) – Nikaah (marriage) – ‘Aqd al-Nikaah (marriage contract)

Islam Q&A
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

 

[BintMuhammad]

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[hybridmoon78]

Thank you everyone for your responses. I am living in the United States and my fiance who was in the US for 7 years is now back in Saudi Arabia due to immigration reason. Being able to do nikkah by phone would make it much easier and take away some of the hassle of me traveling to Saudi as a woman. Thank you again, may Allah bless u all.

 

[BintMuhammad]

Assalamu alaikum,

Aww well good luck sister. May Allaah swt give you and your hubby to be all the best in this world AMEEN. Barakallaahu Feek!