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Stepfather wali for stepdaughter

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Can the Stepfather be the Wali (legal guardian) in his stepdaughter's marriage?

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Guidelines for Marriage

The basic principle in Muslim transactions and contracts is validity

Marrying a woman who does not have a Muslim guardian

What happened to you has no effect on the validity of marriage

Wants to marry a man with whom she communicated and spoke in haram ways

She does not have a guardian for the purpose of marriage; can one who takes care of her marry her off to himself?

Belongs to a Rich Family and Was Proposed for Marriage by Man with Average Financial Condition

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All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

The stepfather (husband of the mother) is not a Wali in marrying off his step-daughter, but it is permissible that he be a representative of her Wali in marrying her off.

The Wali of a woman in marriage is: her father, then her grandfather, then her son, then her full-brother, then her half-brother from her father’s side, then their sons or grandsons, then her paternal uncles, then her paternal cousins. Please refer to fatwa 83338.

Allah knows best.

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Stepfather wali for stepdaughter

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Related Fatwa

Guidelines for Marriage

The basic principle in Muslim transactions and contracts is validity

Marrying a woman who does not have a Muslim guardian

What happened to you has no effect on the validity of marriage

Wants to marry a man with whom she communicated and spoke in haram ways

She does not have a guardian for the purpose of marriage; can one who takes care of her marry her off to himself?

Belongs to a Rich Family and Was Proposed for Marriage by Man with Average Financial Condition

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