The Ruling on the Marriage Contract in the Mosque
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Some people believe that performing the marriage contract in the mosque is recommended. Is there any evidence for this?
I am not aware of any basis or evidence from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for the recommendation of performing the marriage contract in the mosque. However, if the groom and the guardian happen to be in the mosque and the contract is performed there, there is nothing wrong with it. This is not of the same nature as buying and selling, and it is well known that buying and selling in the mosque is forbidden. But the marriage contract is not buying and selling, so if it is performed in the mosque, there is nothing wrong with it.As for recommending it to the extent that we say: Going out from the house to the mosque, or making an appointment in the mosque to perform the contract there, requires evidence. I am not aware of any evidence for this.
The questioner: Some people compare this to the Christians, who perform their marriage contracts in churches?The Shaykh: No, this is not at all on their minds. Even the scholars who recommended it—scholars of the Shari'ah who recommended it—have no evidence for it.But they said: “The most beloved of places to Allah are His mosques”, and this is the House of Allah, so the marriage contract should be performed there. But this reasoning, if there is no specific Sunnah whereby the Messenger would go to the mosque and perform the marriage contract there, then it should not be said: that it is recommended.
I am not aware of any basis or evidence from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for the recommendation of performing the marriage contract in the mosque. However, if the groom and the guardian happen to be in the mosque and the contract is performed there, there is nothing wrong with it. This is not of the same nature as buying and selling, and it is well known that buying and selling in the mosque is forbidden. But the marriage contract is not buying and selling, so if it is performed in the mosque, there is nothing wrong with it.As for recommending it to the extent that we say: Going out from the house to the mosque, or making an appointment in the mosque to perform the contract there, requires evidence. I am not aware of any evidence for this.
The questioner: Some people compare this to the Christians, who perform their marriage contracts in churches?The Shaykh: No, this is not at all on their minds. Even the scholars who recommended it—scholars of the Shari'ah who recommended it—have no evidence for it.But they said: “The most beloved of places to Allah are His mosques”, and this is the House of Allah, so the marriage contract should be performed there. But this reasoning, if there is no specific Sunnah whereby the Messenger would go to the mosque and perform the marriage contract there, then it should not be said: that it is recommended.