Considering the religious character of a woman when intending to marry
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The first message in this episode, Your Eminence, is a letter received by the program from our brother (M. A. A.), a Sudanese resident of al-Madinah al-Munawwarah. Our brother says: I previously told my father, "Marry me to my maternal aunt's daughter, because she is an orphan." However, my father insisted on marrying me to my paternal uncle's daughter because my uncle has a huge fortune, as Your Eminence says. He asks for guidance if you would be so kind?
Answer: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and blessings and peace be upon His servant and Messenger, our Prophet and our Imam and our Master Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah, and upon his family and his Companions and whoever follows his path and is guided by his guidance until the Day of Judgment.
As for what follows:
It is obligatory for you and your father to prioritize a righteous wife and not to look at wealth. The important thing is that the woman be righteous and upright in her religion. So you and your father must seek this type of woman.
As for considering wealth, it should not be the intended goal. The most important and primary goal is to consider religion and morals, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 1858Sahih (Darussalam) He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 1466 If religion is available, then whatever accompanies it in terms of beauty, wealth, or lineage is good to good. But the most important first thing is that she be righteous and upright in herself so that she benefits you, and so that you are safe from her regarding her honor, your home, your wealth, and all your affairs. If your maternal aunt's daughter is more suitable in religion, the father should agree with you on that. And if your paternal uncle's daughter is more suitable, you should agree with your father on that. And if neither is suitable, seek another, seek another woman. It is not necessary that she be a relative, a maternal aunt's daughter or a paternal uncle's daughter, even if she is distant from the people among the rest of the people. This is what is required for you and your father: seeking a good woman. And if your paternal uncle's daughter and your maternal uncle's daughter are close in standing, it is better that you accept what your father saw, and that you submit to your father's word if they are close in religion, morals, beauty, and the like. In any case, agreeing with your father is a required matter, but on the condition that the woman he indicated is righteous and suitable. May Allah guide them all. Yes.
Answer: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and blessings and peace be upon His servant and Messenger, our Prophet and our Imam and our Master Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah, and upon his family and his Companions and whoever follows his path and is guided by his guidance until the Day of Judgment.
As for what follows:
It is obligatory for you and your father to prioritize a righteous wife and not to look at wealth. The important thing is that the woman be righteous and upright in her religion. So you and your father must seek this type of woman.
As for considering wealth, it should not be the intended goal. The most important and primary goal is to consider religion and morals, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Choose the religious, may your hands be rubbed with dust (i.e., may you prosper).
فاظفر بذات الدين تربت يداكA woman may be married for four reasons: for her property, her status. her beauty and her religion, so try to get one who is religious, may your hand be besmeared with dust.
تنكح المرأة لأربع: لمالها، ولحسبها، ولجمالها، ولدينها فاظفر بذات الدين تربت يداك
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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