Temporary secret marriage
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and Sisters,
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Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
Assalam Aleikum
Warahmatullah Burhan. I would like to know the concept of secret marriage in
Islam and also the concept of abortion. Are they allowed, if so under what
circumstances. Thank you for your assistance and guidance. May Allah (SW)
reward you at all times inshallah
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Answer:
Temporary secret marriage
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no
prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
The killing of an unborn child
or abortion is absolutely prohibited in Islam,
and it is considered a grave and major sin.
There is absolutely no concept
of a ‘secret marriage’ in Islam. Islam
guides the believers to marry with at-least two witnesses, and guides them to announce their marriage publicly
by having a marriage feast of ‘walima’,
so that the society may recognize the couple as a husband and wife in
marriage.
If by secret marriage, you mean temporary marriage or ‘mutah’; the Messenger of Allah (saws) declared
‘mutah’ absolutely haraam in Islam.
Narrated by Hadrat
Ali bin Abi Talib (r.a.): On the day of
Khaibar, the Messenger of Allah (saws)
forbade the Mut'a (i.e. temporary marriage) and the eating of donkey-meat.
Narrated by Saburah
ibn Ma'bad al-Juhani: The Messenger of
Allah (saws) prohibited temporary marriage with women.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,
Burhan