A Christian’s Testimony on a Marriage Contract
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In a marriage contract, is it permissible for a Christian to be a witness?
Answer:
No, a disbeliever cannot be a witness. Muslims do not take a disbeliever as a witness except in the case of a bequest if no Muslim is available to testify.[Al-Ma'idah 5:106] So the testimony of [Al-Ma'idah 5:106] If no Muslim is found to testify to the bequest, the Christian disbeliever is taken as a witness.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In a marriage contract, is it permissible for a Christian to be a witness?
Answer:
No, a disbeliever cannot be a witness. Muslims do not take a disbeliever as a witness except in the case of a bequest if no Muslim is available to testify.
Detain them after the prayer and let them both swear by Allah
تَحْبِسُونَهُمَا مِن بَعْدِ الصَّلَاةِ فَيُقْسِمَانِ بِاللَّهِat the time of bequest - [that of] two just men from among you or two others from outside if you are traveling through the land and the disaster of death should strike you
حِينَ الْوَصِيَّةِ اثْنَانِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِّنكُمْ أَوْ آخَرَانِ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ إِنْ أَنتُمْ ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَأَصَابَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةُ الْمَوْتِ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن ذلك : أن الناس في عصر الصحابة والتابعين ومن بعدهم كانوا يأتون المساجد حفاة في الطين وغيره — islamhouse.com (1:12:56)
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