Is a mother obligated to marry off her son who desires marriage but does not pray, has relationships with girls, chews "shamah," and smokes, especially since she stipulated prayer for him?
If a young man is capable of marriage, his mother is not obliged to marry him off. However, if he is in need of marriage and fears falling into sin, then marriage becomes obligatory for him, and he should not obey his mother in abandoning it. If he is not capable, according to some scholars, a wealthy mother is obliged to marry him off, especially among the Hanbalis, who consider safeguarding chastity to be a part of the financial support owed to poor children if they have no father. If the young man neglects prayer out of laziness and not out of denial of its obligation, his mother should marry him off because he is not considered an infidel by the majority of scholars. However, if he abandons prayer out of denial, he is an apostate, and it is not permissible to marry him off. She should advise him and warn him about the seriousness of neglecting prayer and the consequences of forbidden relationships and smoking.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/125742
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 125742
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy