Is a marriage contract conducted through a video conference application valid during the Movement Control Order?

Summary

The Kedah State Mufti Department rules that a marriage contract held by video conference is valid under Islamic law if certain conditions are met. All parties (groom, bride, guardian and two witnesses) must take part directly in one session until certainty is reached, with no deception or doubt, and all pillars and conditions of marriage must be fulfilled. If the connection is cut with a long gap between offer and acceptance, the contract must be repeated, and it remains subject to the Kedah Islamic family law enactment and MCO directives.

Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.