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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on reciting al-Fatihah at the marriage contract

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Question:
Every questioner prevents you, and if it does not prevent from the contract document,

Answer:
The contract does not involve eating; the contract is valid if its pillars and conditions are fulfilled. As for reciting al-Fatihah, there is no basis for it; it is not recited at the contract, but rather the verses in the sermon of need are recited:
O mankind, fear your Lord, who created youيَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُم
[An-Nisa 4:1]
O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him].يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ
[Ali 'Imran 3:102]
(70) O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice. (71) He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment.يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا يُصْلِحْ لَكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ
[Al-Ahzab 33:70-71]
These are the verses recited in the sermon of the covenant. As for al-Fatihah, there is no basis for reciting it; it is considered a bid'ah (religious innovation). Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 13/4 شرح الأصول الثلاثة / صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:17:07)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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