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Arranged Marriage in Islam | Hubeali Skip to content Hubeali Menu Topics Quran Tafseer Books Urdu Books English Books Sermons School of Wilayat Search for: Search Button Home Articles Arranged Marriage in Islam Arranged Marriage in Islam Download PDF Summary: There is a growing resistance to arranged marriages. However, this opposition is against the traditions of Allah -azwj and His -azwj Prophets -as , as we will read in the following sections.
The overall topic of Marriage is rather vast and is addressed elsewhere, e.g., First-Cousin Marriage in Islam https://hubeali.com/article/family-life-nikah-mutah-relationship-and-upbringing-children https://hubeali.com/article/family-problems-and-guidance-from-islam Court Marriage in Islam | Hubeali Marriage of Syedani with Non Syed | Hubeali Here, we confine our attention to prevailing practices among Muslims, in general, and among Twelve Imami Shias in particular, in opposition to traditions regarding the marriage proposal and choosing a husband, to be, for a daughter or sister.
General Muslims quote from Rasool Allah -saww : ‘Go and look at her, because that is more likely to create love between you.’ [1] – [2] Shia Mujtahids have also issued Fatawa in favour of the above, misinterpreting those Ahadith that are exclusively for the buying of a maid, e.g., to look at her before you spend money on her purchase, see Appendix I.
Meeting and socialising of the man and woman seeking marriage is the prevailing tradition in the Western society which Muslims, unfortunately Shias have started following and is becoming norm to have premarriage meetings!
The Sunnah of earlier Prophets -as and Ahl Al-Byat -asws has been to respect the integrity of a lady and be foremost in respecting her honour and self-esteem, e.g., ‘Whenever Rasool Allah -saww intended to marry an unknown woman, Prophet -saww sent over a woman to look at her (Hadith to follow). [3] Imam Musa -asws Ibn Jafar -asws (7 th Imam) said: ‘ As for the free ones (from women), so you should not be mentioning them (in public) . An extract, Hadith to follow.