رَطية بنت كعب

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Ratiya bint Ka'b ibn Sa'd ibn Taym ibn Murra ibn Ka'b, mother of Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza ibn Qusayy. She is thus one of the Prophet ﷺ's maternal great-grandmothers. al-Baladhuri reports that she is the Qurashi woman said to be meant in the description of the woman who unravelled her yarn ². This report is given in the form "it is said", and verifying it needs an additional source.

Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband

In the lexicon, adl means to prevent, and the jurists use it of a guardian who prevents his ward's marriage, and in the case of divorce for ransom of a husband who harms his wife so that she will pay him back. In principle it is forbidden for a guardian to prevent a ward's marriage to a suitable husband, and for a husband to harm his wife to force her to ransom herself; a guardian may be permitted to refuse for the woman's own benefit. A guardian is an obstructer when a woman asks for a suitable husband, or a suitable man proposes, and he refuses without a valid reason, whether or not she asks for her proper dower; the Hanafis do not count refusing a dower below the usual amount as obstruction, and the Malikis do not count a compelling father's rejection of suitors as obstruction unless harm is intended. Once obstruction is proven before the judge, he orders the marriage; if the guardian still refuses, guardianship passes to the ruler according to the Hanafis, Shafi'is, most Malikis and one Hanbali narration, or to the next guardian according to the main Hanbali view; if all guardians obstruct, the judge contracts the marriage.

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Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband