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ArticlesQuestion:
I am a young Muslim living in Germany, I am intending to perform ‘Umrah, Allah willing, but I am intending before that to conduct a marriage contract, I mean getting engaged and signing the contract [without consummating the marriage], is this permissible, especially that I heard a narration prohibiting this?
Fatwa:
All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad 
is His Slave and Messenger.
is His Slave and Messenger.There is no harm to get engaged and signing the marriage contract before assuming the Ihraam in order to perform ‘Umrah. It might be that the narration that you heard is that it is not permissible for a person in a state of Ihraam whether in order to perform Hajj or ‘Umrah to conduct a marriage contract for himself or for others, as regards before assuming the Ihraam [before being in a state of Ihraam], then there is no harm.
Allah Knows best.
Fatwa answered by: The Fatwa Center at Islamweb
