Is the marriage contract valid if it was conducted in an Islamic center at the request of the young man for the administrative official to marry him to a girl who has no guardian from her family, and one of the Muslims assumed her guardianship, and in the presence of three witnesses, and the official dictated the formula of the contract and the dowry to both parties, and all of this took place in the presence of the girl and the witnesses?
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This contract is valid—God willing—as long as both spouses are consenting, the guardian is just and the woman has authorized him to marry her to the specific young man, and the witnesses are just and mature. It is permissible to offer acceptance before the offer according to the majority of scholars, and the mention of the dowry has no effect on the validity of the contract.
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