They have a custom: when a man from another tribe comes to propose to a girl from their tribe, her cousin insists on keeping her, even if she does not want him?

Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Shaykh Salih says: They have a custom where, if a man from another tribe comes to propose to a girl from their tribe, her cousin insists on keeping her, even if the girl refuses. He asks for your guidance.

Answer:
This is one of the customs of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), and an injustice against women, and the forbidden practice of preventing marriage (al-'udl). This is a major sin among the major sins. It is not permissible for the woman's guardians (awliya) or her cousins to restrict her marriage to only men from her tribe or her cousins. This is one of the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and it is an injustice against women, and preventing them from marriage. It is not permissible to establish it, nor is it permissible to act upon it. It is obligatory to discipline whoever does this, if it is within the authority of the Muslims. It is obligatory for the rulers of the Muslims to discipline those who engage in this pre-Islamic practice, and to remove the injustice from these weak women. Yes.