The Ruling on Preventing a Woman from Marriage and Stopping Her from Marrying

Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says in her message: What is the ruling on preventing a woman from marriage in our Islamic Shari'ah? And does a woman have the right to go to the judge to have him marry her to a suitable match?

Answer:
Preventing a woman from marriage is stopping her from marrying the one she is pleased with, the one she is pleased with from among the people of religion and the people of uprightness. Preventing her from marriage is stopping her from marrying a suitable match she is pleased with, a match who is good in his religion, his intellect, and his trustworthiness, whom she is pleased with. This is what preventing her from marriage is. If he prevents her from it, he has prevented her from marriage. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So if he prevents her from marrying a suitable match she is pleased with, he is one who prevents her from marriage, and his guardianship over her is dropped. The judge is consulted in order to transfer the guardianship from him to another guardian from among her relatives to remove the harm from her. Some guardians may prevent a woman from marriage because she is employed, in order to invest in her and take this. This is injustice. This is injustice from two aspects: first, that he prevents her from marriage and stops her from marrying, which is a delay of marriage, and this has a great harm upon her. And second, that he takes her money without right, he invests in her, he invests in her. Yes, the father has the right to take from his child's money, but only what does not harm him. This harms her. Yes.