The marriage contract without witnesses in lands that reject its hadith
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from outside this country says: In our country, they perform the marriage contract without witnesses, because they say that the hadith regarding witnesses is not valid with us. Are these contracts valid?
The Shaykh:
And do they rule that the hadith is not valid? I mean, do they hold that the hadith is not valid?
The questioner:
Yes, he says the hadith regarding witnesses is not valid.
The Shaykh:
It is not valid. They are hadith scholars, so their words are to be taken. They hold that al-Bukhari, Muslim, and the compilers of the Sunan have no say, and their words are not to be considered. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from outside this country says: In our country, they perform the marriage contract without witnesses, because they say that the hadith regarding witnesses is not valid with us. Are these contracts valid?
The Shaykh:
And do they rule that the hadith is not valid? I mean, do they hold that the hadith is not valid?
The questioner:
Yes, he says the hadith regarding witnesses is not valid.
The Shaykh:
It is not valid. They are hadith scholars, so their words are to be taken. They hold that al-Bukhari, Muslim, and the compilers of the Sunan have no say, and their words are not to be considered. Yes.
Source
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