Assalamoalaikum Mohtaram weather Mehdvi are muslims or not and nikah of a muslim Faruqi girl with mehedvi pathan man is valid or not and if such nikah takes place what is its validity.
Answer:
(Fatwa: 1411/1180=L/1429)
The Mehdavis are out of Islam, any Muslim girl can not marry a Mehdavi boy. If there is such pair in relation, they must be separated; such a Nikah is not valid as per the Shariah.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best
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