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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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(Three things whose seriousness is the seriousness of marriage...) So if a man marries off his young daughter, does the marriage contract become valid?

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The questioner : The hadith
Three things whose seriousness is the seriousness ثلاث جدهن جد
the hadith...

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner : If he marries her off while she is young, it is obligatory...

The Shaykh : The marriage contract does not become valid; in our opinion, the marriage contract does not become valid, but according to the author's statement, the marriage is valid.

The questioner : And how is the answer to the hadith?

The Shaykh : There is no difficulty with the hadith; the hadith says that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stated that if a person contracts a marriage, even if he is joking, it takes effect.

The questioner : For himself or for another? What is the intent of the hadith?

The Shaykh : For himself or for another; for example, if his daughter, for instance, said to him in jest, "I have given you permission to marry me to so-and-so," and he proposed to her, then her father married her off in jest, the marriage contract becomes valid.

The questioner : Meaning, if he marries her off in jest, is permission necessary?

The Shaykh : Yes, it is necessary... its basis, its basis is that permission is necessary...

The questioner : ... .
Source alathar.net

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