Is signing a marriage certificate necessary, what is the purpose of it?

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Salaam all.

Sorry I am not too educated in the marriage field, I know that all that is required for a brother and sister to marry is simply the bride and groom giving their agreement verbally and then the marriage is automatically certified (in the eyes of Allah anyways), hence why some people can simply marry over the phone. this is how I would just like to do things for my nikah insh'allah.

but is there a reasoning behind signing a marriage contract/certificate (whether an islamic one or a westernised one), or does it not make any difference if one is not signed. I live in the UK and heard that even if just the islamic one is signed then you will still be classified as married in the UK. and this is something i kind of want to avoid for my own personal reasons (no i am not keeping the marriage secret don't worry) and the way i see it, if it doesn't make a difference to either of us then i won't bother signing one. please can you let me know what purpose there is to having the marriage registered, thank you.
 
Zahiba said:
Salaam all.

Sorry I am not too educated in the marriage field, I know that all that is required for a brother and sister to marry is simply the bride and groom giving their agreement verbally and then the marriage is automatically certified (in the eyes of Allah anyways), hence why some people can simply marry over the phone. this is how I would just like to do things for my nikah insh'allah.

but is there a reasoning behind signing a marriage contract/certificate (whether an islamic one or a westernised one), or does it not make any difference if one is not signed. I live in the UK and heard that even if just the islamic one is signed then you will still be classified as married in the UK. and this is something i kind of want to avoid for my own personal reasons (no i am not keeping the marriage secret don't worry) and the way i see it, if it doesn't make a difference to either of us then i won't bother signing one. please can you let me know what purpose there is to having the marriage registered, thank you.
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wa alaykumus salaam,

the requirements of the nikkah are the agreement of the bride and groom and wali, the proposal and acceptance of the proposal as well as two witnesses to that.

However having a nikkah certificate is a help and protection for you especially sister, as some men will later deny they married, or will keep you hanging making it difficult to divorce if anything bad was to happen and we always advise new Muslims we work with to get a certificate and have it witnessed and signed.

Now such a certificate in UK law carries no weight, it does not make you married in the eyes of the law and to do that you need to get the marriage registered in the local town hall / registry office.
 
BilalKid said:
illegal to not sign it?? ^o)
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Is it?


GINGERBEARDMAN said:
wa alaykumus salaam,

the requirements of the nikkah are the agreement of the bride and groom and wali, the proposal and acceptance of the proposal as well as two witnesses to that.

However having a nikkah certificate is a help and protection for you especially sister, as some men will later deny they married, or will keep you hanging making it difficult to divorce if anything bad was to happen and we always advise new Muslims we work with to get a certificate and have it witnessed and signed.

Now such a certificate in UK law carries no weight, it does not make you married in the eyes of the law and to do that you need to get the marriage registered in the local town hall / registry office.
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jazakallah for the advice brother!
 

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