Does a man need to have a wali to get married?
Question: 23324
Is it important for a male to have a wali during his nikah.if this is the case can any male relative act as his wali.
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
A man does not have to have a wali at the time of the marriage contract, rather the man is the one who enters into the marriage contract by himself. It is the woman who needs to have a wali, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, according to the hadeeth narrated by ‘Aa’ishah: “Any woman who gets married without a wali, her marriage is invalid, invalid, invalid.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 1102; classed as hasan by Abu Dawood, 2083; Ibn Maajah, 1879.
But if a man is insane or feeble-minded, he has to have a wali (guardian). If he is of sound mind, however, he does not need a wali.
Source:
Shaykh Khaalid al-Mushayqih
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