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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on a woman working as a legal marriage officer

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A decision was issued in one of the countries to appoint a woman as a legal marriage officer. Is it permissible for a woman to take on this role, or is the contract between the two spouses? From the perspective of the contract, what she took on—what the guardian took on—is merely attestation, like the legal marriage officer. The legal marriage officer is merely an attester,

Answer:
or the husband accepts it, and the role of the legal marriage officer is merely to attest to the contract. From this perspective, there is nothing wrong with it. However, the fact that it leads to women going out, opening offices, and mixing with men, the groom, and the guardian—this is not permissible from this perspective, because it makes the woman undignified. As for the role of the legal marriage officer, meaning merely that she attests to the contract, records it, and writes it down, this is what is required.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1357 -2802] حكم عمل المرأة بوظيفة مأذون شرعي - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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