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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Guiding Guardians to Marry Off Their Daughters and Sisters

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Question:
This is a female questioner who says: We, as young women, want you to advise the guardians, namely fathers and brothers, to be diligent in marrying off their daughters and sisters, and not to leave the matter until someone comes to propose. You know that a young woman is shy to say, "I want to get married," like a young man.

Answer:
Allah the Exalted said:
And marry the unmarried among youوَأَنكِحُوا الْأَيَامَىٰ مِنكُمْ
[An-Nur 24:32]
. "Al-ayyam" means those who are not married, among males and females. An "aym" is one who is not married, who does not have a wife, or a woman who does not have a husband. It is obligatory for her guardian to strive to find a righteous husband for her. If someone proposes, he should hasten to accept him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When comes to you one of whom you are pleased with his religion and his trustworthiness, then marry him to her, except
lest there be fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in the land and great corruptionتفعلوا تكن فتنة في الأرض وفساد كبير
Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq 16:73
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And if no one proposes, then it is the guardian himself who offers her. He offers her to be married to his ward. He chooses for her, and it is incumbent upon him to marry off his ward. Because he is the one responsible for this female, he seeks for her a righteous husband, even if by offering her himself to a suitable match to marry his daughter or his sister, so that her age and youth are not wasted while she remains unmarried, and then the men turn away from her and she remains a spinster.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-036-الفتوى وعمن تؤخذ|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (19:26)

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