Assalamu alaykum,
My brother has gone on holiday to egypt for a week and he met this man who has a diploma in islam and he specialises in the marriage in islam subject. Anyway this man told him that a nikah is not even essential, u just need to declare to each other that ur getting married and let the community know. He also said that the hijab is not an obligation but it's better to wear it. So now I'm confused! He's basically saying that there's no need for a nikah to be done and it's not haraam to not wear hijab as long as ur dressed modestly because it's not one of the 5 pillars. Has anyone ever heard this before????
My brother has gone on holiday to egypt for a week and he met this man who has a diploma in islam and he specialises in the marriage in islam subject. Anyway this man told him that a nikah is not even essential, u just need to declare to each other that ur getting married and let the community know. He also said that the hijab is not an obligation but it's better to wear it. So now I'm confused! He's basically saying that there's no need for a nikah to be done and it's not haraam to not wear hijab as long as ur dressed modestly because it's not one of the 5 pillars. Has anyone ever heard this before????