The ruling on proposing to a woman whose fiancé works in a riba (usury or interest) bank and looking at the prospective bride
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The questioner:
Shaykh, regarding proposing to a woman. There is nothing wrong with it, and there is no sin on him. If a man proposes to a woman whose father works in a riba (usury or interest) bank, is it permissible for the guardian to reject him?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Must he make this a condition?
The Shaykh:
This is a defect that should be made clear to them. It should be made clear to the woman that this is a defect and that it is exposing the bad.
The questioner:
But it is obligatory, O Shaykh, for the woman to reject him.
The Shaykh:
And regarding what is permitted, it is not permissible for a woman, other than the washing of a woman, if a man enters upon her, his earnings are haram (forbidden).
The questioner:
Even if it is just one number.
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is deception, or nuclear deception, I think.
The presenter:
And if our slaughter is better, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
If his earnings are for Allah, this is not a reason to boycott him.
The questioner:
Yes, there is nothing but exposing the bank.
The Shaykh:
And if he slaughters, he deserves to be boycotted until he repents.
The questioner:
That he buys, does it mean
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
Is it obligatory for him to condition the prospective bride that he not look at her?
The Shaykh:
No, looking at her is a sunnah (recommended practice). What is required of him is to be permitted to look at her, but he must not be alone with her. He looks at her now without seclusion, in the presence of her brother or her father or her mother or the like. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded looking at the prospective bride.
The questioner:
Definitely, definitely, I am coming, Ahmad, I conditioned, definitely, I am coming, Ahmad, does it mean that I change?
The Shaykh:
That he turns to Allah, he does not contradict the sunnah (recommended practice). There is no harm, if Allah wills. So say there is no harm from the aspects of righteousness. But it is better that he be rejected without coercion, and there is no compulsion in it, and praise be to Allah, because coercion is like lost wealth.
Shaykh, regarding proposing to a woman. There is nothing wrong with it, and there is no sin on him. If a man proposes to a woman whose father works in a riba (usury or interest) bank, is it permissible for the guardian to reject him?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Must he make this a condition?
The Shaykh:
This is a defect that should be made clear to them. It should be made clear to the woman that this is a defect and that it is exposing the bad.
The questioner:
But it is obligatory, O Shaykh, for the woman to reject him.
The Shaykh:
And regarding what is permitted, it is not permissible for a woman, other than the washing of a woman, if a man enters upon her, his earnings are haram (forbidden).
The questioner:
Even if it is just one number.
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is deception, or nuclear deception, I think.
The presenter:
And if our slaughter is better, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
If his earnings are for Allah, this is not a reason to boycott him.
The questioner:
Yes, there is nothing but exposing the bank.
The Shaykh:
And if he slaughters, he deserves to be boycotted until he repents.
The questioner:
That he buys, does it mean
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
Is it obligatory for him to condition the prospective bride that he not look at her?
The Shaykh:
No, looking at her is a sunnah (recommended practice). What is required of him is to be permitted to look at her, but he must not be alone with her. He looks at her now without seclusion, in the presence of her brother or her father or her mother or the like. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded looking at the prospective bride.
The questioner:
Definitely, definitely, I am coming, Ahmad, I conditioned, definitely, I am coming, Ahmad, does it mean that I change?
The Shaykh:
That he turns to Allah, he does not contradict the sunnah (recommended practice). There is no harm, if Allah wills. So say there is no harm from the aspects of righteousness. But it is better that he be rejected without coercion, and there is no compulsion in it, and praise be to Allah, because coercion is like lost wealth.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، باب المدبر والمكاتب وأم الولد — islamhouse.com (4:46)
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