Advice to a guardian who refused to marry off his daughter
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a woman is thirty-four years old and wants to get married, but her guardian is not looking for a husband for her, and he rejects those who propose to her without consulting her. Is there any advice in this matter?
Answer:
We advise the father to fear Allah and to marry his daughter to a suitable match whom she is pleased with. Yes. Because if he prevents her from a suitable match she is pleased with, he has wronged her by withholding marriage, and this is not permissible. Do not wrong them by withholding marriage; the wrong of withholding marriage is forbidden, so he should marry her. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:[An-Nur 24:32] So it is not permissible for him to prevent his daughter from a suitable match she is pleased with. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a woman is thirty-four years old and wants to get married, but her guardian is not looking for a husband for her, and he rejects those who propose to her without consulting her. Is there any advice in this matter?
Answer:
We advise the father to fear Allah and to marry his daughter to a suitable match whom she is pleased with. Yes. Because if he prevents her from a suitable match she is pleased with, he has wronged her by withholding marriage, and this is not permissible. Do not wrong them by withholding marriage; the wrong of withholding marriage is forbidden, so he should marry her. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:
And marry the unmarried among you
وَأَنكِحُوا الْأَيَامَىٰ مِنكُمْ
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، المقدمة، وأول كتاب الطهارة — islamhouse.com (1:09:30)
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