Is it permissible for me to marry my daughter to a Muslim man who commits some major sins, such as drinking alcohol and committing fornication?
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The questioner : Is it permissible for me to marry my daughter to a Muslim man who commits some major sins, such as drinking alcohol and committing fornication?
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah; we ask Allah for pardon and well-being. It is not permissible for you to marry your daughter to a man who commits fornication until his repentance from fornication becomes apparent and his conduct becomes upright, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nur 24:3] The meaning of this noble verse is that it is forbidden for the believers to marry a fornicator or to marry a fornicatress. If they do so, they are either fornicators or those who associate partners with Allah. The point of this is that if a man marries a fornicatress, he either rejects the fact that marriage to her is forbidden and does not acknowledge it, in which case he is one who associates partners with Allah because he has made lawful what Allah has forbidden; or he believes that marriage to her is forbidden but is unable to control himself and thus disobeys Allah (Mighty and Majestic) by doing so, in which case he is a fornicator because the marriage is not valid. This is the clear, manifest, and obvious meaning of the verse, which does not require effort or figurative interpretation.
As for if the suitor is chaste regarding fornication but he drinks alcohol, we do not advise you to marry her to him, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1085Da'if (Darussalam) Because the religion of the one who drinks alcohol is not acceptable, for he is a drunkard and an open sinner until he repents from drinking alcohol and abandons it. However, if you marry her to him with her consent, the marriage is valid, unlike the case where you marry her to a man who commits fornication whose repentance has not become apparent. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh Muhammad. From Algeria, the listener is Uthman, a listener... he says.
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah; we ask Allah for pardon and well-being. It is not permissible for you to marry your daughter to a man who commits fornication until his repentance from fornication becomes apparent and his conduct becomes upright, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
The fornicator does not marry except a [female] fornicator or polytheist, and none marries her except a fornicator or a polytheist, and that has been made unlawful to the believers.
الزَّانِي لا يَنكِحُ إلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوْ مُشْرِكَةً وَالزَّانِيَةُ لا يَنكِحُهَا إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكٌ وَحُرِّمَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَAs for if the suitor is chaste regarding fornication but he drinks alcohol, we do not advise you to marry her to him, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
When someone whose religion and character you are pleased with comes to you then marry (her to) him
إذا أتاكم من ترضون دينه وخلقه فأنكحوهThe questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh Muhammad. From Algeria, the listener is Uthman, a listener... he says.