{"id":9112,"date":"2017-05-08T16:42:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T16:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=9112"},"modified":"2017-05-08T16:47:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T16:47:57","slug":"witness-to-non-muslim-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/witness-to-non-muslim-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Witness to non-Muslim marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFatwa ID: 02174<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswered by <\/strong>Molana Eunus Ali<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tQuestion:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDear Shaykh,
\n\tMy wife has been asked by her non-muslim female friend for being a official witness to her marriage.
\n\tIs this permissible? If yes, why? If no, why?
\n\tHow can she best explain it to her non-muslim friend if she cannot be a witness?
\n\tWassalaam,
\n\tBilal<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswer:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"Bismillah\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAllah has stated: ‘So that you should be witnesses over the people’<\/span>[1]<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen a Muslim is permitted to be a witness for or against another Muslim, the Muslim is then more worthy of giving a witness for or against a non-Muslim.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThere is no dispute amongst the Muslim jurist in the permissibility of this.<\/span>[2]<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn regards to your question it will be permissible for your wife to be an official <\/span>witness provided that none of the Shari’ah rulings are violated such as free mixing of men and women and participating in their religious ceremony etc.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOnly Allah knows best<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWritten by Molana Eunus Ali<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDarulIfta Birmingham.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tChecked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t[1]<\/span><\/a> Surah Baqarah: 143<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t \n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t[2]<\/span><\/a> Al-Mawsu’atulFiqhiyyah, Volume 37, Page 185, WazaratulAwqafWa Ash-ShaoonulIslamiyyah<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t \n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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