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What is the Islamic status of an engagement before Nikah?

An engagement is a promise or agreement to marry in the future; it does not itself make the two people husband and wife.

What Islam teaches

The legal marital relationship begins with a valid Nikah, not merely with an engagement or family announcement.

What you can consider

Keep the distinction between engagement and Nikah clear and continue observing appropriate boundaries until marriage.

Qur'an 2:235; Sahih al-Bukhari.

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