Official marriage & islamic nikkah

@SafiHal898

Morocco is a muslim country so the official marriage is the nikkah. Once paperwork is completed and courts accept you to marry you take it to an adoul he will complete the nikkah with you and your spouse which is the official marriage also. You sign the contract state your mehr as the woman on there and conditions etc etc

Nikkah in the UK is fine but it isn't a civil mariage, thus isn't seen as such. You would be married in the eyes of Allah (SWT), but not in the eyes of UK law.

That seems to be pretty much the case in every Islamic country I've been to or heard about, but specific advice for your preferred destination would be perfect for you.

@Fred

Thank you for replying. I'm in the UK, my fiance is in Morocco. We will be getting married in Morocco, so the nikkah would need to be in Morocco.

A nikkah would be recognised world over from an Islamic point of view.

Immigration in most countries like the official part. That might well be different in the UK where they are soft on many things.

However, if I was getting married in a foreign country (I did), I would do both parts in that place.

And one other thing - It's possible your father would have to attend the ceremony to make it legal under Islamic law. Other family members such as a brother can stand in.

That's worth checking.

@SafiHal898

you can do the Nikkah with or without the marriage papers

@SafiHal898 salam alaikom

@Fred

As a revert, this won't be possible for me. I have no muslim family.

I have heard and read you cannot do nikkah in Morocco without the official marriage papers from the consulate?

@SafiHal898

papers have rules but reality is something else

Nop who told you that? The official document is  contraction of marriage

If you're from the UK, you'll need a certificate of no impediment.

Your local registry office will do that but you may need to get it legalised

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u … uments.pdf

@Yassinevaldess

It's legal paperwork, not islamic blessing. I want the marriage to be recognised islamically not just in the eyes of government

It's legal paperwork, not islamic blessing. I want the marriage to be recognised islamically not just in the eyes of government

    -@SafiHal898

In the Islamic countries I've been married in, the nikkah has a civil element that makes it legal as far as immigration and so on goes.

Check for Morocco

@Fred this is not necessary as the consulate will issue capacity to marriage at the cconsulate at the appointment

    @Fred this is not necessary as the consulate will issue capacity to marriage at the cconsulate at the appointment
   

    -@Yasmin21

She's in the UK so my route is very easy and she gets the paper without much hassle.

Waiting until you're in a foreign country, especially as British Consular services are a lot crap, could mean a delay or cancellation.

Playing safe is good.

@Fred It is important to advise of two options not just one. Not aware of cancellations once booked and arrived at the consulate which is unnerving. Is this the norm?

    @Fred It is important to advise of two options not just one. Not aware of cancellations once booked and arrived at the consulate which is unnerving. Is this the norm?
   

    -@Yasmin21

Knowing about both is good, but so is playing safe.

I strongly advise the member to get the paperwork in the UK.

She has to wait a month for the statutory notice to be posted, but that's really it.

I don't know how long it takes to get it legalised.

If she gets the certificate abroad and has the wait a month, that might well mess up her plans.

Playing safe is good, especially when there is no downside