Agency in the Marriage Contract
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to appoint a proxy in the marriage contract, specifically regarding the presence at the contract and the utterance of the acceptance?
The Shaykh:
Yes, that is the appointment of a proxy. You appoint someone to contract the marriage for you with a specific woman. He says, "I accept this marriage with so-and-so on behalf of the principal, so-and-so, son of so-and-so." Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
The Najashi, in that he contracted the marriage for him with Umm Habibah, daughter of Abu Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with her). Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to appoint a proxy in the marriage contract, specifically regarding the presence at the contract and the utterance of the acceptance?
The Shaykh:
Yes, that is the appointment of a proxy. You appoint someone to contract the marriage for you with a specific woman. He says, "I accept this marriage with so-and-so on behalf of the principal, so-and-so, son of so-and-so." Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
The Najashi, in that he contracted the marriage for him with Umm Habibah, daughter of Abu Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with her). Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 056-باب الحجر - الوكالة - 13-10-23 هـ — archive.org (34:07)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.