Agency in the Marriage Contract
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man proposed to a girl when he was in his home country, and he is now in the Kingdom. His question is: Is it permissible for me to send a legal power of attorney to a person there to contract my marriage to that girl?
The Shaykh:
Yes, there is nothing wrong with it. That is, he appoints someone to accept the marriage on his behalf; there is no harm in that. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
It is permissible for the woman's guardian to appoint someone to marry her on his behalf, and it is permissible for the groom to appoint someone to accept the marriage on his behalf. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man proposed to a girl when he was in his home country, and he is now in the Kingdom. His question is: Is it permissible for me to send a legal power of attorney to a person there to contract my marriage to that girl?
The Shaykh:
Yes, there is nothing wrong with it. That is, he appoints someone to accept the marriage on his behalf; there is no harm in that. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
It is permissible for the woman's guardian to appoint someone to marry her on his behalf, and it is permissible for the groom to appoint someone to accept the marriage on his behalf. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب الثالث في انقسام أدوية أمراض القلب إلى قسمين : طبيعية وشرعية — islamhouse.com (1:07:30)
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