Is it permissible for a Muslim residing in a land of disbelief to give the civil marriage contract precedence over the Islamic contract?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: I have a brother who lives in France and wants to get married, but in that country they give the civil contract precedence over the Islamic contract. He asks whether it is permissible for him to conclude the civil contract first before the Islamic contract in that country?
Answer:
A Muslim does not conclude anything but the Islamic contract. As for the civil contract, I do not know it; I do not know. But the Muslim concludes the Islamic contract, and a woman is not lawful to him except through the Islamic contract. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: I have a brother who lives in France and wants to get married, but in that country they give the civil contract precedence over the Islamic contract. He asks whether it is permissible for him to conclude the civil contract first before the Islamic contract in that country?
Answer:
A Muslim does not conclude anything but the Islamic contract. As for the civil contract, I do not know it; I do not know. But the Muslim concludes the Islamic contract, and a woman is not lawful to him except through the Islamic contract. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2664- 4717] هل يجوز للمسلم المقيم في بلاد الكفر أن يقدم العقد المدني في الزواج على العقد الشرعي؟ — youtube.com
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