The ruling on fathers preventing their daughters from marrying
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Question:
This questioner, A. A., says: In our village, some fathers prevent their daughters from marrying anyone but the person the father chooses. Is this permissible in Islam?
Answer:
This is the prevention that is forbidden, and this is the coercion (i'dal) that Allah the Exalted has forbidden. He said:[An-Nisa 4:19] [Al-Baqarah 2:232] This is the forbidden coercion. It is not permissible to coerce a woman so that she does not marry except a specific person she does not want. This is a forbidden matter. A woman came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned that her father had married her to her cousin to raise his low status, meaning without her consent and without her desire. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave her the choice, granting her the option to annul the marriage to remove the harm from her.
So this is forbidden coercion and is not permissible. A decision was issued by the Council of Senior Scholars forbidding it and prohibiting it, which is what they call preventing a man from marrying his paternal aunt’s daughter.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
This questioner, A. A., says: In our village, some fathers prevent their daughters from marrying anyone but the person the father chooses. Is this permissible in Islam?
Answer:
This is the prevention that is forbidden, and this is the coercion (i'dal) that Allah the Exalted has forbidden. He said:
And do not make difficulties for them in order to take [back] part of what you gave them
وَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُوا بِبَعْضِ مَا آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّAnd when you divorce women and they have fulfilled their term, do not prevent them from remarrying their [former] husbands if they agree among themselves on an acceptable basis.
وَإِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَبَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ أَن يَنكِحْنَ أَزْوَاجَهُنَّ إِذَا تَرَاضَوْا بَيْنَهُم بِالْمَعْرُوفِSo this is forbidden coercion and is not permissible. A decision was issued by the Council of Senior Scholars forbidding it and prohibiting it, which is what they call preventing a man from marrying his paternal aunt’s daughter.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
شرح الأصول الثلاثة [3] — alfawzan.live (1:05:19)
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