Conditions for the validity of Nikaah

Q: Please let me know if there is any role of witnesses after the nikaah ceremony has been performed and they have signed the nikah document as witnesses?

Q: If a woman marries a man based on what he told her and later on she finds out that the man was untruthful, meaning he lied about everything just to get her to marry him. Is the nikaah invalid? Especially if he lied about being a practising Muslim which it turned out that he wasn't? Does she need to do iddat even if she only stayed with him for a week and she didn't engage in intercourse because she was on her period with this untruthful man?

Q: I’m married for 5 years and Masha Allah we live a happy life. And now my husband is asking permission from me for a second wife. But as of our life now I’m just thinking should I permit him for this or not because he has two big daughters of 15 years. He is unable to take care of them with some money problems. His mother is also living separate at his sister home but in need of all the childrens help. But my husband is unable to help her also. Now I’m also not living in a wealthy life with some money issues. So my question is in this case a second wife is permissible for him or not? Do I have to give permission or not?

Q: I am a Muslim Sunni Sayyed woman coming from a religious background. Recently a Christian man has approached me. He says he wants to marry me. I also like him. He is ready for doing nikaah. I am a follower of Islam and don't want to compromise on Islam. Kindly guide me if it is haram to marry a Christian or can I marry him. My religion is a priority for me.

Q: If a girl got pregnant before marriage and married another man without knowing that she is pregnant and when she found out about it after marriage that she is pregnant, is the nikaah done or not?

What is the relation of this child with her husband if the baby is a baby girl?

Q: I got married secretly in a car whilst I was waiting for my future wife. Me and my 2 male friends were under the influence of drugs (weed) so when I said to her, will you marry me, she said yes. I asked them did you hear that. They said no. So I said it again they said no we didn’t hear her and laughed. The 3rd time I said it, they laughed and said yea yea, but I don’t really think they heard her say yes. Is my nikah valid due to the witnesses being under the influence of drugs and not hearing her say yes?

Q: Was this nikah valid?

The Imam told the bridegroom clearly to many witnesses in the masjid that ‘do you accept so and so’ upon which the bridegroom mumbled a few words in Arabic (as the bridegroom was a Talib Ilm so probably wanted to say the Arabic phrase). The mumbling could be heard by the audience.

Does it matter if the audience didn’t understand what was being said by the bridegroom?

Q: I’m a 54 year old widow for 5 years. I recently made nikah (alhamdullilah). Our nikah was done accordingly to sharia ruling, but we didn’t sign any register. We’re not worried about it either. But many people say now we were supposed to sign a register. Is that really that important?

Q: Is it permissible for a lady to only agree to marry a man if he accepts that he will not get second wife?

Q: Few months back my brother got married in absence through his representative in the presence of the bride and her father. This was solemnised by the local qazi. No one from family and friends were invited, we did this for visa processing.

I am sure the above nikah is valid, however, please provide reference in light of Qur'an and Hadith.

One of the parents think that the above nikah is not perfect and due to social pressure want to perform it again in front of relatives and friends without informing them about the earlier nikah. Is this allowed?

I'm concerned that we are betraying the guests by not informing them about the earlier nikah. Can we suppress the truth by not informing others and in a way fooling them?