The ruling on a father forcing his daughter to marry a man she dislikes

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. A listener who identified herself by the letters M and B says: My mother, may Allah guide her, or my father, wants to marry me to a man I dislike, and I do not believe I can live with him. Many of my sisters in Allah have advised me to pray the prayer for guidance in a decision, but it has been of no avail. I told that man to his face that I dislike him and do not want to marry him. My father has threatened to kill me if anyone finds out what I am doing. Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good. Am I right in what I have done? Or do you direct me to something else? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
This is a mistake on the part of this father in forcing her to marry a man she does not want. This is a great error. You are not required to accept this man you do not want, because marriage is based on consent, satisfaction, and companionship. One of the conditions for the validity of the contract—meaning one of the conditions for the validity of the marriage contract—is the consent of the two spouses to each other. This is one of the conditions for the validity of the contract. So this father is wrong in forcing you to marry this man you do not want. Yes.