Nikah When the Young Man Is in Arabia and the Girl in India

Question

The young man is in Saudi Arabia and the girl is in India. Please tell us: has the nikah taken place or not?

Answer

If the girl made someone her agent (wakil) and he performed the offer and acceptance (ijab and qabul) with the young man in Saudi Arabia, the nikah is valid. Moreover, if the girl, by means of a letter, makes the young man himself her agent — “Contract my nikah with yourself” — and he says in the presence of witnesses, “So-and-so, the daughter of so-and-so, has made me her…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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