The Ruling on Restricting Marriage in Nikah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on what is called restricting in marriage, or restricting in marriage, such as when a man says, "My daughter So-and-so is for So-and-so only"?
Answer:
This is one of the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), and it is not permissible. There is no restriction in Islam on her cousin or on such a person. No, it is not permissible for him to do this.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on what is called restricting in marriage, or restricting in marriage, such as when a man says, "My daughter So-and-so is for So-and-so only"?
Answer:
This is one of the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), and it is not permissible. There is no restriction in Islam on her cousin or on such a person. No, it is not permissible for him to do this.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب العضل — islamhouse.com (52:36)
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