The Nikah is invalid without the consent of the father. If they want to marry, he has to be either present or giving the power of attorney to someone who would represent him at the time of marriage.

If a girl lives alone in a foreign country without her father ( father is alive but he lives in the mother country) or if the father lives abroad (but the girl lives with her mother and her grandfather) . Can a girl do nikah without the father ?

Invalid Marriages | February 16, 2014 9:26 pm
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My family are all christians and when I got married I did not have my father or a walee. I basically married my self off. but I read in a book that I can not marry myself off that I need someone to give me away but what if i dont have anyone at all? I cannot get married? is my marriage invalid??