The ruling on one who does not marry his daughter to a cupper, butcher, or blacksmith
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Question:
What is your opinion regarding one who does not marry his daughter to a cupper, butcher, or blacksmith, even if he is a devout man of good character? Is this action correct on the grounds of the defect in marrying a butcher or a cupper?
Answer:
Allah, Exalted and Majestic, said: [Al-Hujurat: 13]. So if he finds the most pious, he marries her to him, whether he is from the Arabs or the non-Arabs, or from the Banu Hashim or others. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the Ansar: , and he was a cupper.
The point is that what matters are righteous deeds and piety. Being a cupper, blacksmith, cobbler, carpenter, or otherwise does not harm him. David (peace be upon him) was a blacksmith who made armor and sold it, and he was a Prophet of Allah.
It is obligatory for the believer to seek out for his ward a person of piety. If it is facilitated from a good lineage, that is better than good, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 1466. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1084Da'if (Darussalam). He did not say: his lineage, Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1084Da'if (Darussalam).
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married Fatimah bint Qays to Usamah ibn Zayd, a freed slave, the son of a freed slave, and she was from Quraysh. And Abu Hudhayfah ibn 'Utbah married his daughter to Salim, the mawla (client) of Abu Hudhayfah.
The point is that the believer seeks out good deeds, piety, and goodness, and it does not concern him whether he is from the sons of so-and-so, or whether he works as such, or works as such, as long as he is a match in his religion:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1084Da'if (Darussalam). He married his sister's daughter to him. Abu Hudhayfah married his sister's daughter to him. Yes, the mawla Salim.
What is your opinion regarding one who does not marry his daughter to a cupper, butcher, or blacksmith, even if he is a devout man of good character? Is this action correct on the grounds of the defect in marrying a butcher or a cupper?
Answer:
Allah, Exalted and Majestic, said:
O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْO son of Bayadhah, marry to Abu Hind, and marry to him.
يا بني بياضة، أنكحوا إلى أبي هندٍ، وأنكحوا إليهThe point is that what matters are righteous deeds and piety. Being a cupper, blacksmith, cobbler, carpenter, or otherwise does not harm him. David (peace be upon him) was a blacksmith who made armor and sold it, and he was a Prophet of Allah.
It is obligatory for the believer to seek out for his ward a person of piety. If it is facilitated from a good lineage, that is better than good, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A 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.
تُنكح المرأةُ لأربعٍ: لمالها ولحسبها ولجمالها ولدينها، فاظفر بذات الدين تربت يداكWhen someone whose religion and character you are pleased with proposes to (someone under the care) of one of you, then marry to him.
إذا خطب إليكم مَن ترضون دينَه وخُلقه فزوِّجوهWhen someone whose religion and character you are pleased with proposes to (someone under the care) of one of you, then marry to him. If you do not do so, then there will be turmoil (Fitnah) in the land and abounding discord (Fasad).
مَن ترضون دينَه وخُلقه فزوِّجوه، إلا تفعلوا تكن فتنة في الأرض وفساد كبيرThe Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married Fatimah bint Qays to Usamah ibn Zayd, a freed slave, the son of a freed slave, and she was from Quraysh. And Abu Hudhayfah ibn 'Utbah married his daughter to Salim, the mawla (client) of Abu Hudhayfah.
The point is that the believer seeks out good deeds, piety, and goodness, and it does not concern him whether he is from the sons of so-and-so, or whether he works as such, or works as such, as long as he is a match in his religion:
When someone whose religion and character you are pleased with proposes to (someone under the care) of one of you, then marry to him. If you do not do so, then there will be turmoil (Fitnah) in the land and abounding discord (Fasad).
إذا خطب إليكم مَن ترضون دينه وخُلقه فزوِّجوه، إلا تفعلوا تكن فتنة في الأرض وفساد كبير
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