Agency in the Marriage Contract for Someone Other Than the Guardian
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The questioner:
We are receiving another call with us, our brother Abdullah from al-Ahsa. May Allah keep you safe. Go ahead, Abdullah. Well, until Abdullah returns, if Allah wills, here are some of the questions that have come to the program. He says, may Allah preserve you: Is it permissible to delegate the marriage contract to someone other than the guardian or the father?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is permissible for the guardian to delegate someone to contract the marriage for his ward. It is permissible for him to do so.
The presenter:
Yes, we return to our brother Abdullah.
The Shaykh:
Or the husband, if the husband is absent or a minor, then his guardian takes charge of contracting the marriage for him. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes
We are receiving another call with us, our brother Abdullah from al-Ahsa. May Allah keep you safe. Go ahead, Abdullah. Well, until Abdullah returns, if Allah wills, here are some of the questions that have come to the program. He says, may Allah preserve you: Is it permissible to delegate the marriage contract to someone other than the guardian or the father?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is permissible for the guardian to delegate someone to contract the marriage for his ward. It is permissible for him to do so.
The presenter:
Yes, we return to our brother Abdullah.
The Shaykh:
Or the husband, if the husband is absent or a minor, then his guardian takes charge of contracting the marriage for him. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/131 — archive.org (22:36)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.