Her suitor claims he contacts the Jinn and sees souls of Awliyaa'

23-2-2014 | IslamWeb

Question:

assalamu alaikum.......a girl received a proposal from a guy who is a hafiz-ul-quran and the guy has a good character, however the problem arises at the point that he told her that he knows everything about her/her past, she said he told me such things about myself which only allah knows besides me, and he accepted that jinns told him all this....now this sister is a muwahidah.....she always thanked allah for this guy cause he is hafiz-ul-quran....but all this jinn and other stuff.... in such a circumstances can she marry him...cause he also says after marriage he wants her to be like him,,,,and claims he has seen the rooh/souls of awliyas.......... kindly give your valuable advise

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

If that man is as you mentioned - that he informs about some matters of the unseen and that he deals with the Jinn and claims seeing the souls of the Awliyaa', then he is following the way of sorcerers and soothsayers, and he is not pleasing in his religion and moral conduct. Indeed, the Prophet urged seeking a religious man with good moral conduct as Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet said: “If a man whose religion and moral conduct are pleasing to you proposes to you, then let him marry.” [At-Tirmithi]

You should not be lured by him memorizing the Quran, as the Quran may be memorized by someone who is ignorant about his religion and thus he becomes deceived.

It is even more emphasized to refuse his proposal because he wants her to follow his way. For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 50097.

Allaah knows best.