It is a serious crime to give a girl in marriage against her will.
Giving a girl in marriage to someone against her will is an intolerable, serious, and blatant crime. This crime is not only against an individual but also a direct attack on a woman's dignity, her right to choose, and the just system of Islam. The unfortunate reality is that this oppression is often attempted to be concealed under the guise of honor, family respect, tradition, compulsion, or social pressure, although Islam clearly rejects all these excuses.
When a girl is not even given the right to say yes or no in the most important decision of her life, not only is her freedom taken away, but her confidence, peace, dreams, and personality are all crushed. Such a marriage is not worship but becomes a long, silent, and agonizing imprisonment, where smiles are forced and relationships become burdens. The question here is, is honor proven by a daughter's tears?
Is family respect preserved by the cries of a helpless heart? Can any tradition be so sacred that it stands against the clear command of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ?
If so, it is not honor, it is oppression; it is not tradition, it is ignorance. Islam has not made marriage a family deal or a social custom, but has declared it a clear contract, and the basis of every contract is consent. The command of the Holy Prophet ﷺ is absolutely clear that *a virgin girl should not be married without her permission*. On one occasion, when a girl complained that she had been forcibly married, the Holy Prophet ﷺ did not accept the marriage as forced but gave the girl the full authority to either keep the marriage or dissolve it. This incident seals the fact that in Islam, a woman is a party to the marriage, not property or a silent pawn.
Islam does not consider a woman's silence as consent and does not call her compulsion permission. Those who claim that a woman should just accept do not understand Islam or the teachings of the Prophet of Mercy ﷺ. Islam has given women the right to decide, to question, and to refuse, and this is the basis of her honor and dignity. Forced marriages do not only break a girl, they make the whole society sick. In such homes, love does not grow, but fear does; trust does not arise, but suspicion does; and then the same society wonders why morals have deteriorated. The truth is that morals do not deteriorate, justice is killed.
The most dangerous are those who try to put the stamp of religion on their oppression. They twist the Quran according to their will, ignore the Hadith, and make Islam the protector of their ego, although Islam is neither their companion nor their justification. Islam will stand as a witness against such people.
A bitter but true fact is that the father, guardian, or family who marries a girl against her will is not just making a mistake but is openly betraying Allah's trust, and betrayal of trust is a serious crime in the eyes of religion, even if it is within the home. In the end, the matter is very clear: where there is compulsion, there is no marriage; where there is no consent, there is no Islam.
*Limits are violated at that time* The issue here is not just marriage,
It is a matter of faith, trust, and religious honor, and therefore silence on it also becomes a crime.
Just think, a father who deserves to be called a father, in whose hands is the life of a daughter, her religion, and her future as a trust, if that same father wants to marry his Sunni, righteous daughter to a person or a belief that is not correct in beliefs, only for worldly gain, family pressure, or social expediency, then it is not just weakness, it becomes incompetence, religious negligence, and blatant shamelessness. The question here is not just of liking and disliking,
The question is whether a father has the right to put his daughter's faith at stake? Should a relationship that weakens religion be accepted only because of what people will say?
In Islam, a father is not an owner but a trustee, and the job of a trustee is not to put the trust at risk. The daughter whom he raised on the word of truth, whom he taught the correct belief, if that same father chooses for her a companion whose belief is deviated from that path, then he is not playing with his daughter's future, but with her religion.
What kind of honor is this that awakens for wealth, caste, or customs but remains asleep for the daughter's faith? What kind of father is this who forgets the accountability of the Hereafter for the expediency of the world? Islam has made it clear that marriage is not just a relationship of bodies,
But of ideologies, beliefs, and paths. Where faith is weak or corrupt, peace is also doubtful and the generation is also at risk. In such a situation, if a father is determined to bind his Sunni, righteous daughter to a wrong belief, then he is neither a well-wisher of the daughter nor a protector of the religion, nor does he recognize his responsibility. This introduction opens the door to the bitter truth that if forced marriage is a crime, then forced marriage with a wrong belief is an attack on faith, and Islam has a clear, unambiguous, and inflexible stance against every such attack. O oppressive father and all the responsible people of the house, remember, a daughter is not just a member of your house but a trust of Allah. If her faith is shaken due to your stubbornness, greed, or wrong decision, then it will not just be a domestic mistake but an open mockery of religion, and listen, on the day when the account is stood in the court of Allah, neither relationship will work, nor tradition, nor any excuse. Your arguments will not be there, responsibilities will speak.
And the price of betrayal in this trust
You will have to pay in full.
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May Allah Almighty provide better means of marriage for every Muslim princess and protect the honor and dignity of every girl. Ameen Ya Rabb Al-Alameen Bi-Jah Al-Nabi Al-Kareem ﷺ.
*✍️Mutalim Al-Jamia Al-Ashrafia✍️*