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Is my marriage valid? |
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jellyfish |
07/16/02 at 17:13:52 |
Salaam alikum, A couple of questions 1.Is my marriage valid? Two witnesses (one of whom also acted as Wakeel/guardian,) and the man (not an Iman) who married us (all 3 pious Muslim males).Only the one who married me was personally known. The Wakeel was not, but I said OK to him acting as Wakeel.There was a verbal proposal & acceptance. There was no maher then or deferred, at all. There was no written contract at all. Marriage took place in my home, not a mosque. It was announced publicly to friends beforehand. Is it valid? 2. Different situation: When a maher is specified in $$$ what percantage goes to the Iman or mosque that married you? Please help me.. |
Re: Is my marriage valid? |
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talib_ilm |
07/16/02 at 18:21:32 |
Walaykum Salam Waramatullah, I see this is your first post so Welcome on board. :) As for your question one... I cannot say whether your marriage is valid or not. Someone here who knows better might answer your question InshaAllah. However, for question two, the mahr is yours. For more info on the mahr see the link below. [url]http://www.java-man.com/Pages/Marriage/Marriage06.html[/url] Ma Salam |
07/16/02 at 18:27:46 |
talib_ilm |
Re: Is my marriage valid? |
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se7en |
07/16/02 at 21:41:54 |
as salaamu alaykum, I think you should get these questions answered by an imam or equally knowledgeable person in your community. Can you imagine if we told you that your marriage was valid and it wasn't! or vice versa :o these questions are no joke and they should be directed towards people who are qualified to answer them. may Allah reward you. :) wasalaamu alaykum :-) |
07/16/02 at 21:42:52 |
se7en |
Re: Is my marriage valid? |
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Anonymous |
07/17/02 at 04:22:14 |
Let me tell you how I was married Islamically. I didn't the know all the laws then. I was married,in my home, by a pious Muslim man (not an imam),one I know personally & who I know is good. He bought 2 Muslim men over to act as witnesses (I don't know them personally, but I believe that since he chose them they are also good). Since, I have nobody to be my walee he chose one of them. Since, I wasn't married in a mosque there is no marriage contract,nothing was signed, there was never any mahr? specified, not sure how to spell it. Do any of you know the rulings on this? I'm going ask at the "Ask the Imam" website also. Thank you all in advance! |
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jannah |
07/17/02 at 04:38:59 |
[slm] I'm increasingly disturbed by these types of posts. None of us here are Faqih's, neither are we professional counselors. I don't think that any of us here have the knowledge or want to take the responsibility of telling someone whether their marriage is valid or not/whether or not they should divorce their husband/should take their husband to court (as we've seen in other threads). It is a different matter when someone is seeking support or resources. So please, I really ask the members of the Madina and all the anonymous contributors to seriously think about this. Don't post asking for fatwas about such serious life issues.. I mean these are such serious things you should go ask knowledgable people/Imams/Counselors in real life, so they can properly assess the situation and give you the help you need. InshaAllah we will always be here for you as your brothers and sisters in Islam. I'm locking this thread so inshaAllah people can get the real help they need! As an aside, I know that some ppl might think, well it's a public message board people can just post their problems, ppl will post answers or suggestions and they can take it all with a grain of salt both ways. But I don't think this is right. I think that if someone gives advice they should realize the impact and import of it. We should be responsible in what we say and think about the consequences. I for one am not willing to take this responsibility lightly. Perhaps if there are other views we can discuss it in the Media Center... |
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