Informing the woman's guardians of the suitor's defects if they did not ask

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, in your book *Al-Mukhtasar al-Fiqhi* (The Concise Fiqh), in the chapter on proposing to women, that if one is asked about a suitor or a prospective bride, it is obligatory for him to disclose what he knows of their flaws, and that this is not backbiting, citing as evidence the hadith regarding the inquiry about Mu'awiyah and Abu al-Jahm. What is the ruling for one who was not asked, but knows that the suitor has flaws and defects? Should he inform the woman's guardians in the spirit of cooperating in righteousness and piety, or should he remain silent, whether the defects are in his religion or otherwise?

Answer:
As long as he was not asked, he should not intervene. As long as he was not asked and not consulted, he should not intervene. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said this when the woman asked him, saying, "So-and-so and so-and-so have proposed to me," so he clarified the matter (peace and blessings be upon him). However, if he was not asked, he should not intervene in people's affairs, except if the woman is a relative of his, such as his sister or his maternal aunt, or another relative, and he knows that this man is not suitable for her, then he clarifies it, because this is the right of a relative over his relative.