If there is a young woman who agrees to marry a young man who drinks intoxicants, and may Allah protect us from that, is it permissible for her parents to prevent her from doing so if she has agreed to it?
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The questioner : From Sudan, Ja'far Muhammad says: If there is a young woman who agrees to marry a young man who drinks intoxicants, and may Allah protect us from that, is it permissible for her parents to prevent her from doing so if she has agreed to it? I ask for guidance on this?
The Shaykh : If the girl accepts a man who is not a suitable match in his religion, it is obligatory for her guardian to prevent her from marrying him, and it is not permissible for him to agree to it, because he is her guardian and it is obligatory for him to do what is best. This is part of the wisdom in the fact that the marriage contract is not valid except with a guardian, so that the girl does not choose someone who is not a suitable match for her in religion, but who has deceived her until she agreed to him.
The answer to the question is based on this principle.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If this girl accepts this suitor who drinks intoxicants, it is obligatory for her father, who is her primary guardian, or for her other guardian if she has no guardian more senior than him, to prevent her from marrying him, because he is her guardian, and drinking intoxicants, and may Allah protect us from that, is among the major sins. This is because intoxicants are forbidden by the Book of Allah, the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and the consensus of the Muslims. And it is, I mean intoxicants, the mother of all evils, and how many major sins have resulted from drinking intoxicants. For this reason, we say that it is obligatory for the guardians of a woman, if she chooses a man known for drinking intoxicants, to prevent her from marrying him. Yes.
The Shaykh : If the girl accepts a man who is not a suitable match in his religion, it is obligatory for her guardian to prevent her from marrying him, and it is not permissible for him to agree to it, because he is her guardian and it is obligatory for him to do what is best. This is part of the wisdom in the fact that the marriage contract is not valid except with a guardian, so that the girl does not choose someone who is not a suitable match for her in religion, but who has deceived her until she agreed to him.
The answer to the question is based on this principle.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If this girl accepts this suitor who drinks intoxicants, it is obligatory for her father, who is her primary guardian, or for her other guardian if she has no guardian more senior than him, to prevent her from marrying him, because he is her guardian, and drinking intoxicants, and may Allah protect us from that, is among the major sins. This is because intoxicants are forbidden by the Book of Allah, the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and the consensus of the Muslims. And it is, I mean intoxicants, the mother of all evils, and how many major sins have resulted from drinking intoxicants. For this reason, we say that it is obligatory for the guardians of a woman, if she chooses a man known for drinking intoxicants, to prevent her from marrying him. Yes.