Is it important for a male to have a wali during his nikah.if this is the case can any male relative act as his wali.
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Does a man need to have a wali to get married?
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Answer
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
A man does not have to have a wali at the time of the marriage contract, rather the man is the one who enters into the marriage contract by himself. It is the woman who needs to have a wali, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, according to the hadeeth narrated by ‘Aa’ishah: “Any woman who gets married without a wali, her marriage is invalid, invalid, invalid.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 1102; classed as hasan by Abu Dawood, 2083; Ibn Maajah, 1879.
But if a man is insane or feeble-minded, he has to have a wali (guardian). If he is of sound mind, however, he does not need a wali.
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Shaykh Khaalid al-Mushayqih
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