If a man from a disbelieving family converts to Islam, may he marry off his disbelieving daughters?
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The questioner : Shaykh, if a man from a disbelieving family converts to Islam and the family remains in their disbelief, does this man have the authority to marry off his disbelieving daughters?
The Shaykh : Did we not stipulate that the religion must be the same?
The questioner : But they do not have a guardian.
The Shaykh : No, ... they are disbelievers and their guardian is their disbelieving father.
The questioner : He converted to Islam, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : All right, do they have any disbelieving uncles?
The questioner : He is a Muslim and ... .
The Shaykh : If we stipulate that the religion must be the same, that is one thing. But if we say the condition is that the guardian not be lower than them in religion, then there is no harm. We would say that if he is higher in religion, he may marry them off. This is the closer opinion. In other words, if it were said that a Muslim may marry off a disbeliever, that would be better, because if we said that this man, had he been a disbeliever, would have married her off, we would say that his conversion to Islam only increases his goodness, so let him marry her off. This requires further research, and we will return to it later, if Allah wills. Yes?
The Shaykh : Did we not stipulate that the religion must be the same?
The questioner : But they do not have a guardian.
The Shaykh : No, ... they are disbelievers and their guardian is their disbelieving father.
The questioner : He converted to Islam, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : All right, do they have any disbelieving uncles?
The questioner : He is a Muslim and ... .
The Shaykh : If we stipulate that the religion must be the same, that is one thing. But if we say the condition is that the guardian not be lower than them in religion, then there is no harm. We would say that if he is higher in religion, he may marry them off. This is the closer opinion. In other words, if it were said that a Muslim may marry off a disbeliever, that would be better, because if we said that this man, had he been a disbeliever, would have married her off, we would say that his conversion to Islam only increases his goodness, so let him marry her off. This requires further research, and we will return to it later, if Allah wills. Yes?