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Fatwa CenterConducting a marriage contract and engagement before assuming Ihraam
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I am a young Muslim living in Germany, I am intending to perform ‘Umrah, Allaah 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?
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
It is permissible to get engaged and sign a marriage contract before assuming Ihraam for ‘Umrah. The narration that you heard could have prohibited the person in a state of Ihraam to conduct a marriage contract for himself or for others, whether his Ihraam was to perform Hajj or ‘Umrah. However, there is no harm in doing so before assuming the Ihraam.
Allaah Knows best.
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