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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on marrying a suitable match from outside the tribe?

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The questioner : The questioner says: There is a custom among the Ash'ar or the masters, the people of a certain family, that they do not marry their daughters off except to men from their own family, except to men from their own family, except to men from their own family. And it happened that some of them departed from this custom by marrying a woman they had, and it was ordered without the invitation of the tribal council, and it ended with the boycott of this man. And they wrote, and they wrote, and they wrote a document with the text they wrote on a paper, and it was announced that there was someone who condemned them, and he was one of them, for this action. And they cited as evidence for their action what they read from some jurists and heard from some scholars, which is that intelligence in the matter is legislated, and by the visitors. A condition in marriage. The body is a condition in marriage; the contract is invalid if it is not fulfilled, the contract is invalid if it is not fulfilled. Allah. And the council will soon be held in the lottery, and the lottery is for them, and they will not yield and will send it to the people, and what is required is to clarify the truth in this matter, and we will send them the tape that will be played against them.

The Shaykh : What I see in this matter is that it should be referred to the judge, to the court, so that it can adjudicate between the two parties. As for the religious ruling, there is nothing wrong with a man who is not from Banu Hashim marrying a woman from Banu Hashim, or a man from Banu Hashim marrying a woman who is not from Banu Hashim. Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If there comes to you one whose religion and character you are pleased with, then marry him"
If you do not do so, there will be fitnah on earth and great corruption.إِلَّا تَفْعَلُوهُ تَكُن فِتْنَةٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَفَسَادٌ كَبِيرٌ
[Al-Anfal 8:73]
or he said
and great corruptionوفساد عريض
. And the default in marriage is that religion and character should be considered, because they are the foundation of marital happiness. How many people have married a woman to a man who is not religious, or how many people have married a woman who is not religious, and as a result, a bad outcome occurred. And likewise regarding character, what we should consider in the matter of marriage is to consider character and religion. So when the suitor is a suitable match in his religion and character, then we marry him to her, and lineage is a simple matter compared to religion and character. Yes.
Source دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام لعام 1408هـ - 20 — binothaimeen.net (1:45)

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