The marriage contract with the guardianship of a father who does not pray
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man married a woman through her father, who does not pray except on Friday. The husband did not know that her father did not pray. Is the contract valid or not? And what should the husband do, given that years have passed since his marriage?
Answer:
The contract is not valid as long as the one who marries her off is not praying, because he is a disbeliever, and a disbeliever has no guardianship over a Muslim woman. The contract must be renewed, and what has passed is forgiven by Allah due to ignorance. The children who were born are his children, but the contract must be renewed and made valid.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man married a woman through her father, who does not pray except on Friday. The husband did not know that her father did not pray. Is the contract valid or not? And what should the husband do, given that years have passed since his marriage?
Answer:
The contract is not valid as long as the one who marries her off is not praying, because he is a disbeliever, and a disbeliever has no guardianship over a Muslim woman. The contract must be renewed, and what has passed is forgiven by Allah due to ignorance. The children who were born are his children, but the contract must be renewed and made valid.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/116 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (36:56)
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