Witnesses

Nikaah without witnesses

Q: If a boy texts message a girl saying, "Do you accept me in nikkah" and the girl texts back,"yes" and then the boy texts, "same here", and during this there is no witness on the girl's side but the girl does not know if there were witnesses on the boy's side or not. Is the nikaah valid?

Making Allah Ta'ala a witness in a nikaah

Q: While getting married to someone you need at least two witnesses one male and two females or two males and one female. What if someone gets married in secret without telling anyone and they make Allah their witness and say qabul?

I read somewhere that if a mature girl and boy says qabul with the intention of making her/him their spouses, they'll eventually become husband and wife in the eyes of Allah. Is it true?

One of my cousins secretly went into a relationship and she considers that guy as her husband. He also considers her as his wife. So with a pure heart are they married in the eyes of Allah?

Nikaah without witnesses

Q: I did ijab o qbul without mehar and wali and without witness 8 years ago. There was no physical relation but I realized it is wrong. I left that boy now and my father is getting me married to my cousin. Should I get married to him or tell my father about the nikah 8 years ago?

Making a marriage public via social media by posting pictures of the couple to have more people to witness the nikaah

Q: Is it permissible to make a marriage public via social media?

For example, since a marriage must be made public, can I post a photo of my spouse and me together on Instagram since I will then have more than two witnesses? Does that meet the condition of making marriage public, which the Prophet insisted upon?

Witnesses being present when taking consent from the girl at home before the nikaah

Q: In my country, before the actual nikaah, the qadhi goes to the bride's house to get her signature. Some people insist that there should be 2 witnesses there and some say no since this is not an actual nikaah but just to confirm that the bride has given her permission.

What is the ruling here? Should there be 2 witnesses when the bride gives her approval at her house and they have to be present in the nikaah to confirm that OR the mere statement of a wali during the nikaah (that my daughter has given her approval) is taken to be sufficient without the involvement of any witness (to confirm the above)?

Witnesses for a nikaah being under the influence of drugs

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?