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Assalamu alaikum Especially, may Allah bless you.

For today's Q&A we're going to have a lengthy discussion over answering a number of questions

that I've gotten over the last few months regarding the necessity of having a well

during the marriage of the Nikiah ceremony.

In other words, what are the various opinions

about the necessity of having a guardian, a woli

in order for the marriage to be considered valid?

And what is to be done if there is a clash

between the bride and between the woli

and there doesn't seem to be an agreement on that issue?

Now this question actually is very sensitive

and a few weeks ago had given a response

about another question and I simply mentioned in passing

that the majority opinion is that a woli is required

and then I moved on and after that lecture

I got dozens of emails from around the world

of generally speaking positive

but quite a few were very long emails

and explaining that I should be more careful

and what I say didn't agree with this position

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