The ruling on saying to someone, in jest, that so-and-so is for so-and-so
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Question:
Shaykh, he says: What is the ruling on when, in some families, people say that so-and-so is for so-and-so, and they are children, and this is done as a joke? Then these children grow up. Is that permissible?
Answer:
If he says so-and-so is for so-and-so, meaning that he will marry her, or so-and-so is for so-and-so, meaning that he will marry him, then there is a possibility that it is a marriage or that it is a promise. So, refer to the court in such a case. Yes.
Shaykh, he says: What is the ruling on when, in some families, people say that so-and-so is for so-and-so, and they are children, and this is done as a joke? Then these children grow up. Is that permissible?
Answer:
If he says so-and-so is for so-and-so, meaning that he will marry her, or so-and-so is for so-and-so, meaning that he will marry him, then there is a possibility that it is a marriage or that it is a promise. So, refer to the court in such a case. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/247 — archive.org (9:29)
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