{"_id":"6a4f9efca4e24ff44d4b9da0","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Is moral uprightness a condition for a woman's wali?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"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?\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"According to the Hanafi and Maliki schools, moral uprightness (ʿadalah) is not a condition for the wali.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"ʿAdl 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. \"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"However, 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.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"A 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.\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668da0010b76658b4c232b9d","tag":"Relationships: Parent and Child","count":138},{"_id":"668d9ffb0b76658b4c232ade","tag":"Marriage: Roles and Responsibilities","count":59}],"createdOn":"2026-07-09T13:15:40.769Z"}