Is the aforementioned marriage—which met the conditions for acceptance, mahr, the father's consent, the presence of witnesses, and legal fairness, but was not documented in writing due to the unavailability of documents—considered a religiously valid marriage? Is it sinful to document it despite the father's retraction, or is it permissible to complete it under the brother's guardianship despite the parents' refusal after the fortune teller's words? Will the questioner incur harm in her religious and worldly affairs if she leaves this marriage?

The Unseen is known only to Allah. Consulting fortune-tellers and astrologers and believing them is a grave matter. Whoever goes to a fortune-teller and asks them, their prayer will not be accepted for forty nights. And if one believes them, they have disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad. Marriage is contracted by offer and acceptance, and its validity does not depend on its documentation in official papers. If the legal contract is concluded with offer and acceptance, the father has no right to object to it, especially if his objection is based on an unlawful reason. We advise the wife to be patient regarding the documentation of the contract and the consummation of the marriage against the wishes of her parents, and to strive to appease her father through the intervention of wise family members or elders. If the father insists on refusing, there is no harm in her documenting the contract and moving in with her husband.