Ruling on Breaking Off an Engagement
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Question:
This questioner is an Egyptian named Khaled Muhammad, residing in Tabuk. He asks in this question: What is the ruling in the Shari'ah, in your view—Shaykh—regarding a young man who proposed to a girl, and the engagement continued for nearly two years, but the young man distanced himself from her for family reasons? What is the ruling on that? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
There is no harm in that. If he proposed, and then it occurred to him not to marry, he has the right to do so, whether after a year, less, or more. If he proposed to her and then decided not to marry her, or if she agreed and then withdrew, there is no harm in that, praise be to Allah, as long as the contract has not been finalized. Both parties have the choice. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
This questioner is an Egyptian named Khaled Muhammad, residing in Tabuk. He asks in this question: What is the ruling in the Shari'ah, in your view—Shaykh—regarding a young man who proposed to a girl, and the engagement continued for nearly two years, but the young man distanced himself from her for family reasons? What is the ruling on that? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
There is no harm in that. If he proposed, and then it occurred to him not to marry, he has the right to do so, whether after a year, less, or more. If he proposed to her and then decided not to marry her, or if she agreed and then withdrew, there is no harm in that, praise be to Allah, as long as the contract has not been finalized. Both parties have the choice. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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