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Yasir Qadhi

Is it against the Shariah to put an age limit for Marriage Q&A

Yasir Qadhi

Muslim Central

Society & Culture, Islam, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu alhamdulillah how praise is due to

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Allah the one and the unique.

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He revealed the Qur'an and he taught man how to speak.

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It is he alone that we worship and it is his blessings that we seek.

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So we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to send salat and salam upon al-Mustafa, the one who

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reached the prophetic peak.

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As to what follows today, inshaAllah we have two questions.

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Let's begin.

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Firstly, brother Rashid from a certain African country, best not to mention as you'll see

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why, writes that there's a lot of discussion going on in his land regarding a new legislation

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that aims to curb the minimal age of marriage.

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That they want to make a minimal age that is regulating it.

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So they want to curb child marriages to say and they want to regulate marriage to a certain

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age.

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And he is saying that there is a debate amongst the Olamah of his land.

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Some saying that it is a good step whereas others are saying that the Sharia does not

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have any age limits.

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So therefore to put an age limit goes against the Sharia.

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He asks for my thoughts on this issue.

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And another question that is similar to this is that sister Hajira from Sri Lanka asks

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