The weakness of the hadith: “No one has seen anything like marriage for two people who love each other”
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The weakness of the hadith: (No one has seen anything like marriage for two people who love each other)
His Eminence the Shaykh: There is a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (No one has seen anything like marriage for two people who love each other) Is this a proof for those who permit love between women and men? May Allah reward you with good.
First: This hadith is weak and is not authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). However, from a natural standpoint, if it happens that there is affection between a man and a woman among the people, the greatest thing that prevents fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and immorality is for him to marry her. This is because if he does not marry her, his heart will remain attached to her, and likewise for her, so fitnah may occur.
A person may hear about a woman that she has excellent character and knowledge, so he desires to marry her. Likewise, she may hear about this man that he has excellent character, knowledge, and religion, so she desires him. But communication between two people who love each other in a manner other than the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law) is the calamity; it is the breaking of necks and the breaking of backs. Therefore, it is not permissible in this situation for the man to contact the woman, or for the woman to contact the man.
And he says: He desires to marry her out of fear of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). Otherwise, the original principle is that if a woman informs her wali (the bride's guardian) that she wants a specific person, for example, he contacts him, as 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) did when he offered his daughter Hafsah to Abu Bakr and 'Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them). As for the woman directly contacting the man, that is a place of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation).
His Eminence the Shaykh: There is a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (No one has seen anything like marriage for two people who love each other) Is this a proof for those who permit love between women and men? May Allah reward you with good.
First: This hadith is weak and is not authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). However, from a natural standpoint, if it happens that there is affection between a man and a woman among the people, the greatest thing that prevents fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and immorality is for him to marry her. This is because if he does not marry her, his heart will remain attached to her, and likewise for her, so fitnah may occur.
A person may hear about a woman that she has excellent character and knowledge, so he desires to marry her. Likewise, she may hear about this man that he has excellent character, knowledge, and religion, so she desires him. But communication between two people who love each other in a manner other than the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law) is the calamity; it is the breaking of necks and the breaking of backs. Therefore, it is not permissible in this situation for the man to contact the woman, or for the woman to contact the man.
And he says: He desires to marry her out of fear of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). Otherwise, the original principle is that if a woman informs her wali (the bride's guardian) that she wants a specific person, for example, he contacts him, as 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) did when he offered his daughter Hafsah to Abu Bakr and 'Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them). As for the woman directly contacting the man, that is a place of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation).