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IRSYAD HUKUM #236: NIKAH SEMASA MENGANDUNG 8 BULAN
Is a marriage contract valid if the woman is eight months pregnant at the time?
Short answer
This irsyad does not directly state a ruling on marrying while pregnant.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum (Umum)
- Topic
- Marriage & Family
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
This irsyad does not directly state a ruling on marrying while pregnant. It answers by outlining the women barred from marriage (mawani' al-nikah), divided into permanent and temporary prohibitions, though only the permanent prohibition is explained in the text. Permanent prohibition arises from kinship, marriage ties and breastfeeding. A contract with a woman in the kinship categories is void, as it is with a stepmother, daughter-in-law and mother-in-law, while a stepdaughter is forbidden only if her mother has been consummated with. The text stops at the breastfeeding section without stating whether a contract is void.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Dalam menjawab persoalan ini, perlu kita lihat perempuan yang dihalang kita berkahwin dengannya yang dikenali sebagai mawani' al-nikah.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD HUKUM #236: NIKAH SEMASA MENGANDUNG 8 BULAN”, 29 June 2018. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/umum/2492-irsyad-al-fatwa-236-nikah-semasa-mengandung-8-bulan. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/marriage-while-eight-months-pregnant/