Is a marriage that was conducted with a single officiant, and the wife's father claimed to have received the entire dowry while only half was received, considered a legitimate marriage, and can the husband's father be considered a witness?
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The aforementioned contract is valid, and your father is a witness to your marriage. This is the of Imam Al-Shafi'i and one of the two opinions of Imam Ahmad, because he is not a guardian in marriage. Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen chose the validity of this.
Your being married for two years implies the declaration and publicizing of the marriage, and this is sufficient for the validity of the marriage according to some scholars, and it is the choice of Sheikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah.
The error of the wife's father in receiving the dowry does not affect the validity of the marriage contract.
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