Comparing the Two Suitors: The Man of Faith and the Man of Noble Lineage
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a man proposes marriage who is a man of faith and good character, but does not have a high noble lineage, and another man who has noble lineage but no faith and no good character, which one should the woman choose according to the Shari'ah?
Answer:
She should choose the man of faith. Or rather, the man of faith, because he is better for her than the man of laziness or the one who commits what is forbidden. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a man proposes marriage who is a man of faith and good character, but does not have a high noble lineage, and another man who has noble lineage but no faith and no good character, which one should the woman choose according to the Shari'ah?
Answer:
She should choose the man of faith. Or rather, the man of faith, because he is better for her than the man of laziness or the one who commits what is forbidden. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب نهي المسافر أن يطرق أهله بقدومه ليلا — islamhouse.com (42:54)
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