Is a father sinful for not marrying off his daughter to a suitable suitor who proposed to her?

The questioner : The asking sister says: Shaykh, is it a sin for me if my father rejected the proposal and I remained unmarried?

The Shaykh : No, by Allah, she is not sinful.

The presenter : Praise be to Allah.

The Shaykh : Rather, the sin is on her father. She has the right in the Shari'ah to take the matter to the judge and say, "So-and-so, son of so-and-so, proposed to me, and he is suitable, and I want him, but my father prevented me." At that point, the judge is required to say to her father, "Either you marry her off, or another guardian will marry her off, such as her uncle or her brother." If the closest guardian after her father refuses, and if they refuse out of fear of conflict with her father, then the judge must marry her off, and it is obligatory for him to do so.

The presenter : May Allah reward you.

The Shaykh : Be satisfied, for their presence is like their absence.

The presenter : Yes, if a woman requested that... that...

The Shaykh : ...she be married to someone whose religion is not acceptable, then her father or any other of the awliya (guardians) has the right to prevent her and say, "This is not a suitable match, and we will not marry you to him." They have the right to do this. In fact, it is obligatory for them to prevent her if she chooses someone who is not suitable in his religion. Yes.

The presenter : Thank you, Honorable Shaykh, and thank you to the asking sister.