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Tuesday, 15 January 2013

[Yaadein_Meri] She became Muslim but her parents did not and they are objecting to her marriage (www.islamqa.com)

1. She became Muslim but her parents did not and they are objecting to her marriage and they want her to have illegitimate relationships! What should she do?

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I embraced Islam – praise be to Allah – and now I want to keep myself chaste, but my parents think that the most suitable age of marriage is not until twenty-five or preferably twenty-eight. Even worse than that, one of them thinks that there is nothing wrong with friendship and relationships outside of marriage – Allah forbid. The matter is extremely difficult and I do not know how to talk to them about this matter. I want to keep myself chaste; I want to marry a man who will help me to adhere to my religion, a man who will stand beside me and help me, a man who will live with me, because I am living far away from my parents. They are divorced and each one lives in a different city. I do not know how to explain these details to them in order to convince them that I should get married early; rather they think that getting married at an early age is something that is not appropriate. I am the only daughter of my parents, hence I do not want to disobey them and I do not want to upset them; I do not want them to forsake me either. I want at least to do the marriage contract, then delay consummation until Allah wills.
My questions are:
1. Is it permissible for me to do the marriage contract but delay marriage and the waleemah (wedding feast) and consummation for five years, for example?
2. Do I have to repeat the marriage contract in front of my family later on and pretend that I was not married? Or is that regarded as coming under the heading of lying? I hope you can advise me because I do not know what to do.

Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly:

We congratulate you for embracing Islam and we ask Allah to make you steadfast in it and to guide your parents and your family to Islam, for He is the Most Generous.

Secondly:

If a woman becomes Muslim but her family do not, they do not have any guardianship or authority over her.

Ibn Qudaamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The kaafir does not have any guardianship over a Muslim woman under any circumstances, according to the consensus of the scholars, including Maalik, ash-Shaafa'i, Abu 'Ubayd and ashaab ar-ra'y. Ibn al-Mundhir said: All of the scholars from whom we acquired knowledge unanimously agreed on this.

End quote from al-Mughni, 9/377

Based on that, your father has no guardianship over you with regard to marriage and guardianship moves to the closest of your male relatives ('usbah, i.e., male relatives on the father's side, such as the grandfather, brother or paternal uncle). If you do not have any Muslim relatives, the director of the Islamic Centre or the imam of the mosque may give you in marriage.

Thirdly:

If your family are not convinced about you getting married, and you fear that getting married without their permission will result in negative consequences, such as severing of family ties or a reaction from your family against Islam, the imam of the mosque or the director of the Islamic Centre may give you in marriage without your parents' knowledge, and you can delay the consummation, waleemah and wedding party until you are able to convince them.

If you are not able to convince them within a short time and you fear for yourself if you remain without a husband, then you can go ahead with the marriage and your husband can consummate the marriage with you in accordance with shar'i rulings, but without your parents knowing about it. Then if they find out about your relationship with your husband, you can give them the impression that he is your boyfriend and so on, because the husband is a friend of his wife, and thus you can conceal the true nature of your situation from them.

Whenever you are able to convince them, there is nothing wrong with repeating the marriage rituals in front of them superficially, so as to ward off their harm from yourself or prevent them from cutting you off.

For more information please see the answer to question no. 68752

And Allah knows best.

2. Is there any saheeh report in the Sunnah that speaks of reciting a particular soorah of the Qur'aan before travelling?

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I read a hadeeth from Jubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) which says that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "When you want to set out on a journey, you have recite Soorat al-Kaafiroon, an-Nasr, al-Ikhlaas, al-Falaq and an-Naas, but in one go, and start with the basmalah and end with the basmalah." We need an answer to this in the light of the Qur'aan and Sunnah.

Praise be to Allaah.

The text of the hadeeth referred to in the question is as follows:

It was narrated that Jubayr ibn Mut'im said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said to me: "O Jubayr, when you set out on a journey, would you like to be the best of your companions in appearance and quantity of provisions?" I said: Yes, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you. He said: "Recite these five soorahs: 'Qul ya ayyuhal kaafiroon' [al-Kaafiroon 109], 'Idha ja'a nasr Allahi wal fath' [al-Nasr 110], Qul Huwa Allahu ahad [al-Ikhlaas 112], Qul a'oodhi bi rabbi'l-falaq [al-Falaq 113] and Qul a'oodhu bi raabi'n-naas [an-Naas 114]. Start your recitation by saying Bismillah ir-Rahmaan ir-Raheem and end your recitation by saying Bismillah ir-Rahmaan ir-Raheem." Jubayr said: I was rich and had a great deal of wealth, and I used to set out with whomever Allah willed I should set out with on a journey, and I would be the worst of them in appearance and the least in terms of provisions. From the time the Messenger of Allah (blessing and peace of Allah be upon him) taught me it, I have never stopped reciting them, and I am one of the best of them in appearance and have the most provisions, until I come back from my journey.

This was narrated by Abu Ya'la in his Musnad, 13/339, hadeeth no 7419.

This is a da'eef (weak) hadeeth; its isnaad includes unknown narrators.

Al-Haythami said concerning it in Majma' az-Zawaa'id (10/134): (Its isnaad) includes people who I do not know.

Shaykh al-Albaani said concerning it in as-Silsilah ad-Da'eefah (6963): (it is) munkar.

Based on that, it is not valid to quote this hadeeth as evidence to suggest that it is mustahabb to recite any soorahs of the Qur'aan before travelling. By the same token, it is not valid to quote it as evidence for saying the basmalah at the beginning of each soorah.

See also the answer to question no. 149125

And Allah knows best

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

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