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Fatwa CenterParents forbid marrying a religious girl on tribal grounds
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Assalamu alaykum, please those the tribe of a girl considered when chosen a spouse. Because i have a girl i want to marry, she is very religious but my parents says her tribes normally brings poverty when married so am not allowed to marry her please advise.
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.
If that girl is religious as you mentioned, then you should be keen on marrying her and do not obey your parents in their forbidding you from marrying her as long as they prevent you based on such corrupt beliefs. You should try to convince them that the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, guided us to marry the religious woman. Please refer to Fataawa 86667 and 84459.
As regards believing that her tribe brings about poverty and the like, this is a reprehensible superstition which belongs to the Jaahiliyah (pre-Islamic era of ignorance), and it is not permissible for a Muslim to believe in this or act in accordance with it. Hence, you should clarify the meaning of this to your parents and you should not desist from marrying that girl as long as she is religious as you mentioned.
Allaah Knows best.
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