The ruling on forcing a daughter to marry someone she does not want
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Question:
The second question, please go ahead. My second question is: I have an older daughter, may Allah preserve her. A man proposed to her, and he is a capable man, but she does not want him because he is married to another woman. So, should I force her to do this or not? Okay, thank you.
Answer:
My brother, it is not permissible to force a woman to marry. She is not to be married except with her permission and desire. So, if she gives her permission and desires it, then he marries her. But to force her when she is not desiring it, that is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The second question, please go ahead. My second question is: I have an older daughter, may Allah preserve her. A man proposed to her, and he is a capable man, but she does not want him because he is married to another woman. So, should I force her to do this or not? Okay, thank you.
Answer:
My brother, it is not permissible to force a woman to marry. She is not to be married except with her permission and desire. So, if she gives her permission and desires it, then he marries her. But to force her when she is not desiring it, that is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 03-08-1434هـ مع معالي الشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com (29:35)
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