A Father Marrying His Minor Daughter to a Non-Equal

Question

Question: We praise Him and invoke blessings upon His noble Messenger. A man named Zayd marries his minor daughter to a non-equal (ghayr kuf’) purely out of worldly greed — he wants to take money from them; he has no concern at all for the girl’s welfare and gives no thought to its ups and downs for her. Now the girl, after reaching maturity, is averse to this nikah performed by her father and has in mind (a match) among her own equals.

Answer

If the father is known to be of bad character — for example, it is well known among people that he is very lacking in intelligence and foolish, so that he does not consider his own benefit and harm, or that he is so greedy that, compared with money, he does not care even for honour — and he then performed the nikah knowing that this is a non-equal, then in such a case the girl…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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