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Is civil marriage equal to nikah and can the couple have physical contact after?

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Is civil marrige is equal to nikah and is it permissible for the couple to have physical contact after civil marrige?

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Answer

Bismillah

Al-jawab billahi at-taufeeq (the answer with Allah’s guidance)

Civil marriage will be valid and lawful on the condition that there were two male witnesses or one male and two female witnesses, and with all the other prerequisites of marriage in Islam had been met.

And Only Allah Ta’ala Knows Best.

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Moulana Qamruz Zaman
London, UK
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