Marrying a daughter without her consent
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Question:
Is it permissible to marry off a daughter, Honorable Shaykh, without her consent? And if a man who is over forty-five years old but prays proposes to her, does the father marry her off when she is eighteen years old?
Answer:
If she is a previously married woman, her consent is required, and if she is a virgin, her consent is also required. Her consent is her silence, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. Therefore, the girl must be asked for her consent when she is to be married. If a suitable and good man proposes to her and she is pleased with him, she is married to him. That is required; her consent is required, and she is not married without her consent unless she is a young child who has not reached the age of discernment, in which case it is specifically for her father to marry her off to a suitable man who is good for her. Yes.
Is it permissible to marry off a daughter, Honorable Shaykh, without her consent? And if a man who is over forty-five years old but prays proposes to her, does the father marry her off when she is eighteen years old?
Answer:
If she is a previously married woman, her consent is required, and if she is a virgin, her consent is also required. Her consent is her silence, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. Therefore, the girl must be asked for her consent when she is to be married. If a suitable and good man proposes to her and she is pleased with him, she is married to him. That is required; her consent is required, and she is not married without her consent unless she is a young child who has not reached the age of discernment, in which case it is specifically for her father to marry her off to a suitable man who is good for her. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (080) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-02-25] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (26:45)
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