Attending a Nikah Where Prohibition by Affinity Is Feared

Question

Zayd practises as a doctor and in traditional Greco-Arabic medicine, and Hinda works as a midwife and assists the said doctor in this, because of which there is considerable mixing between the two. Hinda has a grown-up daughter, and Hinda wishes to marry this daughter to Zayd. A certain cautious man does not want to take part in this nikah. But both of them say, “We are entirely free of any wrongdoing.” The question is: if one takes an oath from both of them and takes part, is there any harm in it?

Answer

It is not permissible to interpret the mixing that occurs on account of assisting in treatment and medicine as an unlawful relationship and to accuse them on that basis. And since they also swear an oath of their innocence, according to the Shari‘a this nikah will not be called impermissible, and taking part in it is not prohibited — although avoiding occasions of suspicion is…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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