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Fatwa CenterIs the consent of the brothers a condition for the validity of marriage?
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A person wants to marry a woman without the consent of his brothers but the parents agreed out of fear that their son would be spoilt and in order to avoid other problems in the family, so what is the ruling on this?
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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 is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalt his mention as well as that of his family and all his companions.
If this woman is religious and has a good moral conduct, and your parents agreed with you to marry her, then we advise you to marry her. The Prophet 
said: "A woman is married for four things: for her wealth, her family lineage, her beauty and her religion. So choose the religious one, you will prosper." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
As regards your brothers, try to convince them as a way of being kind to them. However, if they persist in refusing, then marry as you are not obliged to obey them and you are not sinful for acting against their will.
Allaah Knows best.
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