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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The phrase of the proposal: So-and-so seeks the lineage of Allah and your lineage

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Question:
This man says that among the customs of some people, when one wants to propose a marriage for a person to another, he says to the woman's guardian: So-and-so seeks the lineage of Allah and your lineage.

Answer:
It is not permissible to say, "So-and-So wants your ward" or "So-and-So is proposing to you your ward."
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/196 — archive.org (7:28)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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