These details make it clear that the Hadith about the necessity of having 2 witnesses for marriage is not free of weakness in its chain of narration. All the chains of authority for this Hadith have either a weak narrator or a forsaken narrator. Now, those people who ignore the weakly authenticated Hadith on the excellence of the 27th nigt of Rajab still act upon the aforementioned Hadith in spite of its weakness being made clear. There is no Hadith with a complete chain of narration (Marfu’) about having 2 witnesses for marriage apart from these weakly authenticated Hadith. This is in spite of the fact that this condition affects the very validity of the marriage. It is a very basic condition for marriage. The way they consider deducing a ruling from a weakly authenticated Hadith as appropriate for this issue, we sincerely advise them to accept the deduction of the excellence of the 27th night of Rajab from Hadith and to accept the Hadith which describe this night as a night of prayer, as here only the excellence is being established. Issues of permissibility are not being decided here. If weakly authenticated Hadith are being accepted in matters of permissibility, then they should be accepted all the more in matters of excellence.
Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center 