The Ruling on Preventing Daughters from Marriage, Its Causes, and Its Remedy
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner from Abha asks: What is the ruling on preventing women from marrying in Islamic law, what are its causes, and what is the remedy?
Answer:
The forbidden form of preventing marriage is stopping a woman from marrying a suitable suitor she has accepted. The suitor must be suitable. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When there comes to you one whose religion and trustworthiness you are pleased with, marry him to her."[Al-Anfal 8:73] Preventing marriage is a major sin, and it is stopping her from marrying when the conditions are met. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said: [Al-Baqarah 2:232] He the Exalted said: [An-Nisa 4:4-5] to the end of the verses.
Allah the Exalted and Majestic commanded the marriage of males and females when the conditions are met. He the Exalted said:[An-Nur 24:32] He the Exalted said: [An-Nisa 4:19] So the one who prevents marriage is in a state of prohibition, whether he prevents the marriage itself when the conditions are met, or he prevents the husband from his wife by not wanting her and not divorcing her, but holding her only so that she will ransom herself from him with a payment. [An-Nisa 4:19] Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner from Abha asks: What is the ruling on preventing women from marrying in Islamic law, what are its causes, and what is the remedy?
Answer:
The forbidden form of preventing marriage is stopping a woman from marrying a suitable suitor she has accepted. The suitor must be suitable. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When there comes to you one whose religion and trustworthiness you are pleased with, marry him to her."
If you do not do so, there will be fitnah on earth
إِلَّا تَفْعَلُوهُ تَكُن فِتْنَةٌ فِي الْأَرْضِand a great corruption,
وفساد كبير،And 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 بِالْمَعْرُوفِ(4) And give the women [upon marriage] their [bridal] gifts graciously. But if they give up willingly to you anything of it, then take it in satisfaction and ease. (5) And do not give the weak-minded your property, which
وَآتُوا النِّسَاءَ صَدُقَاتِهِنَّ نِحْلَةً فَإِن طِبْنَ لَكُمْ عَن شَيْءٍ مِّنْهُ نَفْسًا فَكُلُوهُ هَنِيئًا مَّرِيئًا وَلَا تُؤْتُوا السُّفَهَاءَ أَمْوَالَكُمُ الَّتِي جَعَلَ اللَّهُAllah the Exalted and Majestic commanded the marriage of males and females when the conditions are met. He the Exalted said:
And marry the unmarried among you and the righteous among your male slaves
وَأَنكِحُوا الْأَيَامَىٰ مِنكُمْ وَالصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْO you who have believed, it is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion. And do not make difficulties for them in order to take [back] part of what you gave them
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَرِثُوا النِّسَاءَ كَرْهًا وَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُوا بِبَعْضِ مَا آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّAnd do not make difficulties for them in order to take [back] part of what you gave them
وَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُوا بِبَعْضِ مَا آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّThe presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/157 — archive.org (7:21)
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