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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on the Guardian Appointing Another to Contract the Marriage

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible for the guardian to appoint another to contract the marriage?

Answer:
Yes, whoever has the authority to contract the marriage may appoint another; there is nothing wrong with someone taking his place. Yes.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب في غير أولي الإربة — islamhouse.com (34:49)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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