{"id":5905,"date":"2024-07-10T07:41:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/procedure-of-nikah\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T07:41:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:41:44","slug":"procedure-of-nikah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/procedure-of-nikah\/","title":{"rendered":"Procedure Of Nikah"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>Why is the procedure of <em>nikah<\/em> not available on any Islamic site including yours? What is the procedure of <em>nikah<\/em> point by point in detail? Can a father offer <em>nikah<\/em> of her daughter instead of a religious cleric in the presence of <em>nikah<\/em>  forms? Is it necessary to ask the bride and the groom verbally their  consent in presence of participants? Is it important to announce the  amount of <em>mahr<\/em>? Is it important to recite a few verses from <em>Surah al-Nisaa<\/em>? If yes then how many verses must be recited? If instead of <em>Surah al-Nisaa<\/em> some other part of the Book of God, for example <em>Surah al-Fatihah <\/em>is recited shall the <em>nikah<\/em> be valid? How did the Messenger of God (sws) conduct <em>nikah<\/em> of the Companions? <\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>The basic ingredients of the <em>nikah<\/em> are limited to formal declaration of marriage between a male and a female openly. <em>Mahr<\/em>  and other conditions can be settled before or after the marriage. It is  not necessary that only a religious cleric conducts the <em>nikah<\/em>. The father of the girl can declare her acceptance or even the girl can be present and declare her approval. <\/p>\n<div><em>Mahr<\/em>  can even be determined afterwards. The sermon is not predetermined. It  is only an optional act. An elder of the family can say something about  the <em>nikah<\/em> and its importance. No specific verses or <em>hadiths<\/em> are required to be read out.<\/div>\n<div>For further detail please refer to: <a href=\"http:\/\/understanding-islam.org\/related\/text.aspx?type=question&#038;qid=594\">http:\/\/understanding-islam.org\/related\/text.aspx?type=question&#038;qid=594<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-03-07<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"5905\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is the procedure of <em>nikah<\/em> not available on any Islamic site including yours? What is the procedure of <em>nikah<\/em> point by point in detail? Can a father offer <em>nikah<\/em> of her daughter instead of a religious cleric in the presence of <em>nikah<\/em>  forms? Is it necessary to ask the bride and the groom verbally their  consent in presence of participants? Is it important to announce the  amount of <em>mahr<\/em>? Is it important to recite a few verses from <em>Surah al-Nisaa<\/em>? If yes then how many verses must be recited? If instead of <em>Surah al-Nisaa<\/em> some other part of the Book of God, for example <em>Surah al-Fatihah <\/em>is recited shall the <em>nikah<\/em> be valid? How did the Messenger of God (sws) conduct <em>nikah<\/em> of the Companions? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1162],"tags":[1168,1188,1433],"class_list":["post-5905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-issues","tag-marriage","tag-nikah","tag-shadi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Procedure Of Nikah - Al-Mawrid Queries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/procedure-of-nikah\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Procedure Of Nikah - Al-Mawrid Queries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Why is the procedure of nikah not available on any Islamic site including yours? 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