{"_id":"6a4f9efca4e24ff44d4b9da0","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Is moral uprightness a condition for a woman's wali?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Is ʿadālah (moral uprightness) a condition for a woman's wali according to the Shafiʿi school? If so, what does ʿadl mean, and does it require avoiding major sins and not openly engaging in fisq?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"According to the Hanafi and Maliki schools, moral uprightness (ʿadalah) is not a condition for the wali.\\n\\nʿAdl means someone who fulfills their religious obligations, avoids major sins entirely, and does not persist in minor ones. If this status lapses, it is only reinstated after a full year of maintained uprightness following sincere tawbah. \\n\\nHowever, the relied-upon opinion in the Shafiʿi school is that the actual condition for a wali is not ʿadalah but rather ʿadam al-fisq, the absence of fisq. These are slightly different conditions.\\n\\nA person is deemed a fasiq for committing a major sin or persisting in minor ones, the same threshold that causes loss of ʿadalah, but the two differ in how they're regained. Regaining ʿadalah requires a year of demonstrated uprightness after repentance. ʿAdam al-fisq does not require a waiting period: once a wali sincerely repents, even moments before the nikah, he is again eligible to act as wali.\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668da0010b76658b4c232b9d","tag":"Relationships: Parent and Child","count":125},{"_id":"668d9ffb0b76658b4c232ade","tag":"Marriage: Roles and Responsibilities","count":57}],"createdOn":"2026-07-09T13:15:40.769Z"}