The ruling on preventing daughters from marriage in order to invest their salaries
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Question:
What is your advice, Shaykh, to fathers who covet their daughters' salaries and delay their marriage, even though the daughter is over thirty years old?
Answer:
This is forbidden for them, and this is 'udl (preventing a woman from marriage), and 'udl is forbidden. 'Udl is preventing a woman from marrying a suitable match she has accepted, and this is injustice toward her. It is not permissible for him to do this in order to invest her salary and cause her to miss the opportunity for marriage. This is forbidden for him. Yes.
What is your advice, Shaykh, to fathers who covet their daughters' salaries and delay their marriage, even though the daughter is over thirty years old?
Answer:
This is forbidden for them, and this is 'udl (preventing a woman from marriage), and 'udl is forbidden. 'Udl is preventing a woman from marrying a suitable match she has accepted, and this is injustice toward her. It is not permissible for him to do this in order to invest her salary and cause her to miss the opportunity for marriage. This is forbidden for him. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/067 — archive.org (15:32)
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