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Can I Choose Someone Else If My Wali Is Not Practicing?

08 March, 2022
Q Having a wali is one of the requirements in order to get married. What happens if the wali is not practicing? Can someone else replace him? Do we get to choose who?

Answer

Dr. Yasir Qadhi
08 March, 2022

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

In this fatwa:

1- In your wali (marriage guardian) is not a practicing Muslim and he does not have the best of your interest, then you should go to a higher authority and a third party.

2- You can go to the imam of the Islamic center or the leader of the community. They all can be your guardian.

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Sheikh Yasir Qadhi​ answers your question in the following video:

Almighty Allah knows best.

Source: www.faithiq.org

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About Dr. Yasir Qadhi
Yasir Qadhi was born in Houston, Texas and completed his primary and secondary education in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He graduated with a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, after which he was accepted as a student at the Islamic University of Madinah. After completing a diploma in Arabic, he graduated with a B.A. from the College of Hadith and Islamic Sciences. Thereafter, he completed a M.A. in Islamic Theology from the College of Dawah, after which he returned to America and completed his doctorate, in Religious Studies, from Yale University.Currently he is the Dean of al-Maghrib Institute, the Resident Scholar of the Memphis Islamic Center, and a professor at Rhodes College, in Memphis, TN.