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Should I continue with this marriage proposal despite the purdah issue?

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My father has fixed my marriage. I did istikhara and in 3-4 dreams I saw that he is interested in someone else or he has been married to someone else before. In one dream I saw that he has a 2 year old daughter. In most of the dreams I see that we are getting divorced. I would like to mention that I am doing Shariah purdah Alhamdulillah. But there is no purdah in the boy’s family. Earlier they had no problem with my doing purdah but a few days back there was some issue that the boy will not let me continue with my purdah after marriage. I would like to inform u that my mother died many years ago. My father remarried and there has been some problem in my family. So my father wants me to be settled as soon as possible. But after this purdah issue I am very much concerned, because I cannot leave purdah in any situation. My father has earlier made it clear to the boy’s family that I will continue with my purdah after the marriage. Please give the meaning of the dream. Shall we continue with this proposal?

Answer

(Fatwa: 957/662/D=1433)

It is mentioned in hadith that a person marries for four things, i.e. (1) wealth, family status, beauty and religion. Then the holy Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said that you should prefer the religious.
So, keep on supplicating Allah and doing istikhara regularly, and do not think about its result more by yourself rather leave it on Allah trusting in Him, it would be better for you. It may happen so that the boy turns religious. Whatever will be better for you shall with the blessing of istikharah shall come before you. Yes, if he bears any major fault apparently and has religious and moral decadence then you can decide to refuse this proposal after due investigation.

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband

This answer was collected from the official ifta website of Darul Uloom Deoband in India.

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