Optional family involvement, with member consent intact
Some members want a wali, family member, mentor, or trusted adult involved early. Others do not. Guardian mode is optional and is designed to support—not override—the adults using Yahalaly.
Invitation and acceptance
The member sends a chaperone invitation to a specific email address. The invited person currently must already have an active, email-verified Yahalaly account with a nonempty profile display name; a separate guardian-only registration path is not available yet. The invitation expires after seven days. The invited person must sign in with the same email address before accepting, which helps prevent a forwarded link from connecting the wrong account. The shown display name is account-provided and is not independent identity verification.
A connection does not grant access
- New invitations use chaperone mode. Accepting one creates a connection record but does not reveal a member's profile, matches, direct messages, photos, or conversations.
- Legacy silent-viewer connections provide no viewing capability and cannot join a guardian group conversation.
- A chaperone can join only a new, separate group conversation for one specific mutual match after both matched adults approve that named account.
Consent still belongs to each adult
A guardian cannot like, accept a match, approve a photo reveal, or consent to marriage on behalf of a member through Yahalaly. One matched adult requests the group with a specific connected chaperone; the other adult sees the proposed chaperone label and must explicitly accept before the group is created.
The group starts without the couple's direct-message history. Either matched adult or the guardian can end the guardian group conversation, and disconnecting the guardian removes that guardian's linked group-conversation access. Evidence already submitted in a safety report is retained for moderation review.
What a guardian connection does not prove
- It does not prove a religious or legal wali relationship.
- It does not verify the guardian's government identity.
- It does not make a member, match, or conversation safe by itself.
- It does not replace local religious guidance where a member seeks it.
Privacy and respectful use
Do not use guardian access to control, intimidate, monitor secretly, or share private information outside its intended context. Group participants remain subject to the Terms and Community Guidelines, and misuse can be reported.