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Date: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 |
Question
Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu Mufti Sahab,
A sister asks if a marriage being performed in front of a Muslim witness and a christian witness is valid?
The condition of having 2 sane baligh male Muslim witnesses wouldn’t be satisfied, but I’d like to have this confirmed by you as I’ve read a fatwa stating that the witnessing of two christian when marrying a christian woman is accepted, wa Allahu a’lam.
Jazakallahu khayran,
Wassalam,
Answer
Muhtaram / Muhtaramah
In the Name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāh wa-barakātuh.
If nikah (marriage) is conducted between a Muslim man and woman, then the presence of two Muslim witnesses is a condition and if nikah is conducted between a Muslim man and a Christian woman, the presence of two Muslim witnesses or two Christian witnesses will be permissible.
(Al Hidaya, 2/307, Maktaba Shirka) [1]
(Al Tasheeh wal Tarjeeh, pg 320, Ilmiyya)[2]
And Allah Ta’ala Knows Best
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