{"fatawa":{"id":9210,"title":"He did a marriage contract with a girl without the intention of getting married ","slug":"he-did-a-marriage-contract-with-a-girl-without-the-intention-of-getting-married","order":"","question":"<p>I married a girl a white marriagE,a marriage for a benifit,.legally,it  was a right marriage because we wrote it in the \"ADOUL\",with witnesses  and with her parents and mine.however,\"anniya\"was not to marry her  truely but only to show that we are married in front of the law.Now  after 5 years,we haven't been treating each other as married people,now  we decided not to devorce but to stay as married people..this time we  have \"anniya\"..the question is : DO WE NEED AN OTHER MARRIAGE PAPER OR  NOT.?.<\/p>","answer":"<div class=\"list-group-item-text ftwa-single-answer font-nrmal\"><span class=\"line_height\"> Praise be to Allaah.        &nbsp;\r\n<p>There is no such thing as a so-called &ldquo;white marriage&rdquo;. Rather  when there has been the      proposal and acceptance, then the marriage is real, even if one or  both parties to the marriage contract was only joking or playing about.  This is      the view of the Hanafis and Hanbalis, and it is the correct view  according to the Maalikis, and the more correct view according to the  Shaafa&rsquo;is.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>(See <em>Fath al-Qadeer<\/em>, 3\/199; <em> al-Mughni<\/em>, 7\/61; <em>Kashshaaf al-Qinaa&rsquo;<\/em>, 5\/40; <em>Haashiyat al-Dasooqi<\/em>, 2\/221; <em>Bulghat al-Saalik<\/em>, 2\/350; <em>Nahaayat al-Muhtaaj<\/em>,      6\/209; <em>Rawdat al-Taalibeen<\/em>, 8\/54).&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>The evidence they quote for that is the words      of the Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): &ldquo;There  are three things which if done in earnest they are valid and if done in      jest they are also valid: marriage (<em>nikaah<\/em>), divorce (<em>talaaq<\/em>) and taking back one's wife (after a first or second <em>talaaq<\/em>).&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>(Narrated by Abu Dawood, 2194; al-Tirmidhi,      11849; Ibn Maajah, 2039, from the hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah (may  Allaah be pleased with him). Classed as hasan by al-Haafiz ibn Hajar in <em> al-Talkhees al-Habeer<\/em>, 3\/424, and by al-Albaani in <em>Saheeh Sunan al-Tirmidhi<\/em>, 944).&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Jest refers to when what is meant by the words is something other than what is assumed. This      applies to what you have done, because you made the marriage contract even though you had no intention of being married.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have      mercy on him) said: &ldquo;A divorce that is pronounced in jest takes  effect according to the majority of scholars. By the same token, a  marriage done      in jest is also valid, as is stated in the text of the marfoo&rsquo;  hadeeth. This is what was narrated from the Sahaabah and Taabi&rsquo;een, and  it is also      the view of the majority of scholars.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Al-Fataawa al-Fiqhiyyah al-Kubra<\/em>,      6\/63.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Ibn al-Qayyim said:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&ldquo;In a mursal hadeeth narrated by al-Hasan from the Prophet   (peace and blessings of Allaah      be upon him) (it says): &lsquo;Whoever does a marriage contract in jest or  divorces in jest or frees a slave in jest, that is valid.&rsquo;&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&lsquo;Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allaah be pleased      with him) said: &ldquo;There are four things which are valid if they are spoken: divorce, freeing a slave, marriage and vows.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Ameer al-Mu&rsquo;mineen &lsquo;Ali (may Allaah be      pleased with him) said: &ldquo;There are three things in which there should be no joking: divorce, freeing slaves and marriage.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Abu&rsquo;l-Darda&rsquo; said: &ldquo;There are three things in      which joking is like speaking seriously: divorce, freeing slaves and marriage.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Ibn Mas&rsquo;ood said: &ldquo;With regard to marriage, speaking seriously and joking are the same.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>From <em>I&rsquo;laam al-Muwaqqi&rsquo;een<\/em>, 3\/100&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Based on this, you do not have to renew the      marriage contract; your first contract remains valid.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>And Allaah knows best.<\/p>\r\n<\/span><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"padding: 3px; padding-right: 6px; text-align: right;\">Islam Q&amp;A<\/div>","status":1,"created_at":"2015-02-02T21:51:58.000000Z","updated_at":"2015-02-02T21:51:58.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":36,"parent_id":9209,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"\u0639\u0642\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0643\u0627\u062d","category_slug":"","get_date":"2015-02-02"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/9210"}