Does the omission of part of the wife's father's name in the marriage contract affect the validity of the contract, given that the contract was performed publicly with the presence of witnesses and the offer and acceptance?
For the designation of the spouses in marriage, it is required that any ambiguity be removed. However, it is not required to mention the wife's name or her name along with her father's name. If both spouses and the witnesses know who the contracted party is, such that she cannot be confused with anyone else, then the marriage is valid.
Ibn Qudamah said: "If he has two daughters or more, and he says: 'I marry you to my daughter,' it is not valid until he adds something that distinguishes her, such as a name or a description."
Shaykh Zakariyya al-Ansari said: "And if he has two daughters, it is not valid until he distinguishes between them by pointing, or naming, or describing, or by location, or if they agreed before the contract on one of them and intended her at the time of the contract, and the witnesses were aware of her."
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