Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 125
Undated 125 Undated Nik ah with the Daughter of a Sayyid A person presented the following question to the Promised Messiah as whether an individual who does not belong to the Sayyid family is per- mitted to marry a girl from the Sayyid family. The Promised Messiah as responded: Among the unlawful matrimonial relations that Almighty Allah has set forth, nowhere is it written that nik ah with a girl from a Sayyid family is forbidden for a believer. Besides, one ought to search for pure women for marriage. In this respect, to be from a Sayyid family is preferable if she carries the necessary characteristics of righteousness and purity. Hadrat Maulaw i Noor-ud-Deen submitted that use of Sayyid to refer to the progeny of Husain is specific to our country only, otherwise in Arabia all revered elders are called Sayyid. Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra , Hadrat ‘Umar ra , Hadrat ‘Uthman ra , all were Sayyids, and one of the daughters of Hadrat ‘Ali was married to Hadrat ‘Umar. And one of the daughters of the Noble Messenger, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was married to Hadrat ‘Uthman and after her death, the second daugh- ter [of the Holy Prophet s as ] was also married to Hadrat ‘Uthman. So this issue can be easily resolved from seeing these practices. It is wide- spread among the ignorant that an Ummat i [one belonging to the Ummah of the Holy Prophet s as ] should not marry a lady from a Sayyid family, whereas every believer is included in Ummat i whether they are Sayyid or non-Sayyid.