Question: What is the ruling on reciting Qur’an before a marriage contract?
Answer: Seeking to recite Qur’an before a marriage contract was not done by the Prophet (ﷺ) and no one from the Companions radiallahu anhu as far as we know. So this is from the innovations:
[Bukhari and Muslim]
[Bukhari and Muslim]
He recites the Khutbah-tul Haajah (the speech of the need). That is legislated for him. As for reciting Qur’an before the marriage contract or seeking that [the marriage] being in the masjid, likewise holding the hand or hastening to stand before the wali (the guardian) of the woman stands fearing that his wife will be victorious over him. All of this does not have evidence and all of this is from innovations. We ask Allah to rectify the Muslims and that he grant them insight in the Book and Sunnah.
[Taken from al-Iftaa ‘ala asila til-waaridah min dawl shatta pg. 212]