Nikah Under a Changed Name

Question

Zayd told the witnesses that the name of this girl, Hinda, was “Khalida bint Walid”, whereas she was Hinda bint Bakr; or he did this: he gave Hinda bint Bakr’s name as “Zaynab bint Bakr”, that is, instead of her name he gave her sister’s name. And since the witnesses were acquainted neither with Hinda nor with Zaynab and Khalida, they could not know at all who she was.

Answer

If the witnesses saw her and recognised her, then the nikah is valid; giving the wrong name of the wife or of her father will have no effect. [ar]غلط وكيلها بالنكاح في اسم أبيها بغير حضورها لم يصح للجهالة، وكذا لو غلط في اسم بنته، إلا إذا كانت حاضرة وأشار إليها فيصح[/ar] “If her agent for the nikah erred in her father’s name in her absence, it is not valid because of the…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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