ANSWER:

Yes.

QUESTION: Wali is required to be valid nikah. But what if a person who believe this marriage without the wali present? Did they commit zina? The person is a male. He believe that there is no nikah without wali, but in love he did it without the wali of the girl. So the nikah is invalid. Now, does this constitute zina?

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