How Can The Marriage Be Performed In Case Of Marrying A Woman From The People Of The Book? Is It Permissible For Witnesses To Be From The People Of The Book?

How can the marriage be performed in case of marrying a woman from the People of the Book? Is it permissible for witnesses to be from the People of the Book?

The nikah contract that is concluded with a woman who is a member of the people of the book is just like the nikah contract that is concluded with a Muslim woman in terms of its form, judgments, and execution . In this contract, unlike the nikah in which both parties are Muslim, it is permissible to have witnesses from the people of book according to Hanafi madhhab. While solemnizing a nikah with a woman from the people of the book, there is no other difference in terms of marriage judgments (Sarakhsi, al-Mabsut, V, 33).

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWA