{"id":7955,"date":"2015-02-28T17:50:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T17:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=7955"},"modified":"2015-02-28T17:50:57","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T17:50:57","slug":"7955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/7955\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the Imam who is conducting the Nikah look at the girl\u2019s face"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 13px; text-align: right;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 01742<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Answered by&nbsp;<\/strong>Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Question:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Is the person performing the nikkah of the bride permitted to see her face? If she&#39;s in hijab &amp; covering her face, is that person allowed to request to see her face?<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\r\n&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.6em;\">Answer:<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Bismillah.jpg\" rel=\"\" target=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Bismillah\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6518 alignnone\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Bismillah.jpg\" title=\"\" width=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">For marriage to be valid the condition is that there should be at least two male witnesses or one male and two female witnesses who are required to <strong>listen <\/strong>to the words of proposal (Ijab) and acceptance (qabul) clearly. (Hidaya p.306 v.2)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">As long as the Imam can hear the offer or acceptance from the woman it is not necessary for him to look at her face at the time of conducting the nikah. It would be appropriate that the girl is fully covered or she sits somewhere where the Imam would not be able to see her face.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Only Allah Knows Best<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 01742 Answered by&nbsp;Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah Question: Is the person performing the nikkah of the bride permitted to see her face? 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