Ref no: 0093#
Date: Thursday, May 05, 2011 |
Category
Fiqh
Title
i want to start an e-mail address for nikah’s
Question
i want to start an e-mail address for nikah’s. so everyone who is looking can e-mail me their information and i can insha-aallah help them find a mtch. i would like to know what my boundaries are how to go about keeping it halal and after finding 2 ppl match if i forward them eachothers information if i do that and tell them to take it from there basically…if thats halal?
Answer
Muhtaram / Muhtaramah
In the Name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāh wa-barakātuh.
There are two aspects to your query
- Match making service
- Negative consequences
In principle, the intention to assist single Muslims to find suitable marriage partners is noble. However, setting up a formal matchmaking service could have many negative.
Matchmaking services have grown to be a huge industry on the internet. Much sin and evil is spread through these chat/matchmaking forums.
Shaytaan is with every person and he makes different efforts to lure one into sin. He will decorate the sin in such a manner that a person considers the sin he is involved in to be something lawful hence be deprived from seeking Allah’s forgiveness. Once the contact details of prospective spouse are released, nothing stops them from having a haraam relationship? In this case the service would be aiding in the sin of Zina
And Allah knows best
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