Fatwa ID: 07343

 

Answered by: Muftiyah Habiba Akhtar

 

Question:

 

My question is that in September I had my nikah. It was very intimate with family and a few relatives.

 

Alhamdulillah the marriage was going well and around 3 weeks ago we’ve started to have a lot of problems which we are sorting. I do not want to throw this marriage away and both husband and I want to work it out.

 

I wanted to know in Islam is it allowed to have your nikah read again? The reason I wanted to do this is because it would be special and remind us both our vows etc

 

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

Answer:

 

The conditions for nikah are the following:

 

• There needs to be an offer and an acceptance
• The speech has to be in the past tense or one in the past tense and the other in the future tense
• Two witnesses (two sane, mature Muslim men or a man and two women) must be present. (1)

 

Thus, the above is the criteria to be married and be tied in a contract according to the Hanafi madhab.

 

A Nikah ceremony will solemnize a marriage and two people will become halal for one another. As long as the initial Nikah is done, the marriage is established and a renewed Nikah won’t impact or affect the previous Nikah ceremony.

 

Thus, a renewed Nikah won’t impact one’s marriage and so there will be no harm in renewing Nikah. Please remember, the Nikah won’t result a new marriage but would just be an event and nothing more.

 

 

Only Allah knows best

Written by Muftiyah Habiba Akhtar

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

 

 

 

 

(1)

النكاح ينعقد بالإيجاب والقبول، بلفظين يعبر بهما عن الماضي، و يعبر بأحدهما عن الماضي والآخر عن المستقبل، مثل أن يقول أو زوجني فيقول زوجتك

Quduri, page 324, Taha Publishers