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Was our Nikah valid?

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I want to ask a question. Few years back I used to talk to a boy, but realized my mistake therefor no longer talk to him.

But when I used to talk to him, i was of somewhat 13-16 years old and was not mature and thus commited mistakes, one of which is that on text messages we used to talk and consider each other as husband and wife and used to say stuff similar to: I am your husband na , you are my wife na, etc. One day we also talked that suppose we are getting married and siting on the stage as bride and bridegroom etc I don’t even remember what more things did I say or what things he said. Maybe i have said that you are my husband or it is also possible that  maybe i utterred that i am marrying you , but I don’t remember that did I say that in actual or not.
Also I don’t know that at the time of talking whether the messages on the boy’s side were being seen by anyone or not? Also I don’t know  that  did he said audibly or inaudibly.

Actually i was very young and did not even think that uttering these words can link to Nikah. As I heard that in even fun, nikah can be done.
SO , I want to ask that is my nikah valid? I no longer talk to the boy and had realized my mistake. Also advice me.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

A nikah will only be valid if the following conditions are found[1]:

–          Ijaab (offer from one party)

–          Qabool (acceptance from the other party)

–          Nikah must be made in the presence of two witnesses (two male witnesses or one male and two females witnesses)

With regards to a nikah through a text message, it will only be valid if the following conditions are found:

–          If the man or woman sends a proposal and the other reads the message audibly and accepts it audibly in the presence of at least two male witnesses or one male witness and two female witnesses.

–          If the message was not read audibly or the acceptance was not audible, the nikah will be invalid. Likewise, the nikah will be invalid in the absence of witnesses during the acceptance.[2]

Based on the details given in the query, the nikah was invalid.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Fahad Abdul Wahab

Student Darul Iftaa

USA

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai                                                                                                                                                                                                                

www.Daruliftaa.net


[1]  (النكاح) …. وهو (ينعقد بالإيجاب) من أحد المتعاقدين (والقبول) من الآخر (بلفظين يعبر بهما عن الماضي) مثل أن يقول: زوجتك، فيقول الآخر: تزوجت؛ لأن الصيغة وإن كانت للأخبار وضعاً فقد جعلت للإنشاء شرعا، دفعاً للحاجة (أو) بلفظين (يعبر بأحدهما عن الماضي و) يعبر (بالآخر عن المستقبل) وذلك (مثل أن يقول) الزوج للمخاطب: (زوجني) ابنتك، مثلا (فيقول: زوجتك) ، لأن هذا توكيل بالنكاح، والواحد يتولى طرفي النكاح على ما نبينه، هداية.

(ولا ينعقد نكاح المسلمين) بصيغة المثنى (إلا بحضور شاهدين حرين بالغين عاقلين مسلمين) سامعين معاً قولهما فاهمين كلامهما على المذهب كما في البحر (أو رجل وامرأتين، عدولا كانوا) أي الشهود (أو غير عدول أو محدودين في قذف) أو أعمين أو ابني الزوجين أو ابني أحدهما، لأن كل منهم أهل للولاية ليكون أهلاً للشهادة تحملا، وإنما الفائت ثمرة الأداء؛ فلا يبالي بفواته.

[اللباب في شرح الكتاب ج٤ ص٥ دار البشائر الاسلامية]

[2] وصورته أن يكتب إليها يخطبها فإذا بلغها الكتاب أحضرت الشهود وقرأته عليهم وقالت زوجت نفسي منه أو تقول إن فلانا كتب إلي يخطبني فاشهدوا أني زوجت نفسي منه. أما لو لم تقل بحجرتهم سوى زوجت نفسي من فلان لا ينعقد لأن سماع الشطرين شرط صحة النكاح، وبإسماعهم الكتاب أو التعبير عنه منها قد سمعوا الشطرين بخلاف ما إذا انتفيا

[رد المحتار ج٣ ص١٢ ايج ايم سعيد]

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