What is the ruling on taking money in exchange for performing the marriage contract?
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Question:
Those who perform the marriage contract, such as imams and others, is it permissible for them to take a fee for performing the marriage contract from money? And is there a difference between the one who asks people for it and the one who does not ask?
Answer:
The matter of the marriage license is with the Ministry of Justice; it is they who grant the license. It is not permissible for anyone to perform marriage contracts for people except with permission from the Ministry of Justice. This is their regulation, so he follows the regulation they direct him to. Yes.
Those who perform the marriage contract, such as imams and others, is it permissible for them to take a fee for performing the marriage contract from money? And is there a difference between the one who asks people for it and the one who does not ask?
Answer:
The matter of the marriage license is with the Ministry of Justice; it is they who grant the license. It is not permissible for anyone to perform marriage contracts for people except with permission from the Ministry of Justice. This is their regulation, so he follows the regulation they direct him to. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم أخذ المال مقابل عقد النكاح؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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