Ruling 2388 — Marriage

If the man and the woman are to say the formula of a temporary marriage themselves, then after specifying the period and the amount of dowry, the woman says: زَوَّجْتُكَ نَفْسِيْ فِي الْمُدَّةِ الْمَعْلُوْمَةِ عَلَى الْمَهْرِ الْمَعْلُوْمِ zawwajtuka nafsī fil muddatil maʿlūmah ʿalal mahril maʿlūm I wed myself to you for the agreed-upon period with the agreed-upon dowry. After that, without there being any significant gap, the man says: قَبِلْتُ qabiltu I accept. If this is done, the marriage contract is valid. If the man and the woman each appoint an agent [to say the marriage contract formula on their behalf], then first the woman’s agent says to the man’s agent: زَوَّجْتُ مُوَکِّلَتِيْ مُوَکِّلَكَ فِي الْمُدَّةِ الْمَعْلُوْمَةِ عَلَى الْمَهْرِ الْمَعْلُوْمِ zawwajtu muwakkilatī muwakkilaka fil muddatil maʿlūmah ʿalal mahril maʿlūm I wed my client to your client for the agreed-upon period with the agreed-upon dowry. After that, without there being any significant gap, the man’s agent says: قَبِلْتُ التَّزْوِيْجَ لِمُوَكِّلِي هٰکَذَا qabiltut tazwīja limuwakkilī hākadhā I accept the marriage on behalf of my client accordingly. If this is done, the marriage contract is valid.[1]