A Power of Attorney for Nikah

Question

Question: (Copy of the power of attorney.) To the Office of the Shari‘a Qadiship, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. I, Sardar Hamid Husain Khan Shakir, son of the respected Mir Munawwar ‘Ali Khan, aged 27 years, occupation student, resident of Baltimore, “Mari Limited State” (sic), America, being of sound mind, full memory and senses, without compulsion or coercion, of my own consent and wish, set down in writing as follows: owing to certain constraints I cannot come to Hyderabad, and therefore on my behalf I appoint as…

Answer

Attestation by any government is not necessary for a power of attorney; it is enough only that the respected Sardar Hamid Husain Khan Shakir does not deny it. The nikah took place in India, and it was there that the currency current at the time was written, so no difference arose.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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