Social Matters >> Nikah (Marriage)
Question ID: 46397Country: India
Answer ID: 46397
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 992/774/H=1434) If the boy and girl do ijab-o-qubul (exchange of formal words of nikah) in privacy and there are no Shariah witnesses in the meeting then nikah shall not be valid. It is so mentioned in Fatawa Shami etc.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India