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Whome
to marry:
Allah also gives us freedom and urges us to:
...Marry the women of your choice...
Qur'an [4 : 3]
Similarly, for the women:
"A girl came to the Prophet (peace be upon him)
and informed him that her father had married her to
her cousin against her wishes, whereupon the Prophet
allowed her to exercise her choice. She then said,
'I am reconciled to what my father did but I wanted
to make it known to women that fathers have no say
in this matter'".
[Ibn Majah]
Narrated Abdullah: "We were with the Prophet,
peace be upon him, while we were young and had no
wealth whatever. So Allah's Apostle, peace be upon
him, said, `O young people! Whoever among you can
marry, should marry, because it helps him lower his
gaze and guard his modesty, and whoever is not able
to marry, should fast, as fasting diminishes his sexual
power.'"
[Bukhari]
Narrated Abu Huraira: "The Prophet, peace be
upon him, said, `A woman is married for four things,
i.e., her wealth, her family status, her beauty, and
her religion. So you should marry the religious woman
[otherwise] you will be a loser.'"
[Bukhari
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