Correcting a marriage contract that was not witnessed
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that a marriage without two witnesses is an invalid contract. In this case, if this happens, are they to be separated, or do they remain together and the contract is corrected with witnesses?
Answer:
The contract is corrected with witnesses, but it is necessary that the judge or the head of the Islamic center take charge of this, if there are no judges in the country.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that a marriage without two witnesses is an invalid contract. In this case, if this happens, are they to be separated, or do they remain together and the contract is corrected with witnesses?
Answer:
The contract is corrected with witnesses, but it is necessary that the judge or the head of the Islamic center take charge of this, if there are no judges in the country.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب العضل — islamhouse.com (44:42)
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