{"fatawa":{"id":9275,"title":"Conditions for valid marriage contract","slug":"conditions-for-valid-marriage-contract","order":"","question":"<p>What is the correct Islamic procedure for a marriage ceremony, I mean if two  Muslims are married (legally) without the presence of a religious \"person\"  (like imam etc.), does that mean the marriage is non-existent in terms of  Islam?<\/p>","answer":"<div class=\"list-group-item-text ftwa-single-answer font-nrmal\"><span class=\"line_height\"> All praise is due to Allaah. A marriage contract is valid in Islam if the following conditions are met, even if the  marriage does not take place in a court, or in the presence of a Judge or the Imaam of  the masjid. In addition, it does not need to be written. The waliy (guardian) of the girl has accepted the proposal by saying, for example,  \"I marry you my daughter\", and the one who proposed has replied, for example, by  \" I accept,\" or \"I am satisfied\" (i.e. with his acceptance). This takes place in the presence of two witnesses  The woman is legally eligible to marry the man according to Islamic shari'ah (that is  she is not a Mahram of the proposer [those to whom the proposer is forbidden to  marry. etc.]) Allah knows best. <\/span><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"padding: 3px; padding-right: 6px; text-align: right;\">Islam Q&amp;A <br \/> Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid<\/div>","status":1,"created_at":"2015-02-04T21:51:58.000000Z","updated_at":"2015-02-04T21:51:58.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":36,"parent_id":9274,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"\u0639\u0642\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0643\u0627\u062d","category_slug":"","get_date":"2015-02-04"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/9275"}