The ruling on one who forbids himself a girl before marrying her
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This questioner, who used the code name Ahmad Hussein, says: A man forbade himself from marrying a girl before proposing to her, and then he wanted to marry her. Is she forbidden to him after that? And if she is not forbidden, what must he do?
Answer: If a man forbids himself a woman before contracting marriage with her, stating that he will not marry her, he has committed a sin and must repent to Allah. He must also pay the expiation for an oath, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[At-Tahrim 66:1] Allah has prescribed for you the release from your oaths [Surat al-Tahrim: 1-2] and His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan an-Nasa'i 3781Hasan (Darussalam) and forbidding is in the ruling of an oath. So if he says, "So-and-so is forbidden to me," before contracting marriage with her, he is permitted to marry her, and he must pay the expiation for an oath, which is feeding ten poor people or clothing them for his oath. He is permitted to marry her. Yes.
Answer: If a man forbids himself a woman before contracting marriage with her, stating that he will not marry her, he has committed a sin and must repent to Allah. He must also pay the expiation for an oath, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
O Prophet, why do you prohibit [yourself from] what Allah has made lawful for you, seeking the approval of your wives? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ تَبْتَغِي مَرْضَاةَ أَزْوَاجِكَ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ Whoever swears an oath, then sees something better than it, let him do that which is better.
من حلف على يمين فرأى غيرها خيراً منها، فليكفر عن يمينه وليأت الذي هو خير
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