an immoral man is a suitable match for a chaste woman.1 Arabs are suitable matches for one another.
512—If she has no guardian, or he is absent for a prolonged period, or refuses to marry her to a suitable match, the ruler shall give her in marriage, as stated in the hadith: “The ruler is the guardian of one who has no guardian.” It was recorded by the compilers of the Sunan except2 al-Nasā’ī.3
513—The person to whom the marriage contract applies must be specifically identified. Thus, if a man has more than one daughter, it is not valid for him merely to say, “I give my daughter to you in marriage,” until he identifies her by name or description.
514—There must also be no impediment affecting either spouse. These are the impediments mentioned4 in (Chapter on Women Forbidden in Marriage).5
(1) The shaykh explained that the correct view is that the chastity of both husband and wife is a condition for the validity of the marriage. A man known to engage in *zinā* (unlawful sexual intercourse) may not be given a woman in marriage until he repents, just as marriage to a woman who engages in *zinā* is invalid until she repents. *Al-Mukhtārāt al-Jaliyya*, p. 104.
(2) A reads: “and al-Nasā'ī.” A note in B states that this conflicts with what is found in *al-Muntaqā*, *Bulūgh al-Marām*, and other works.
(3) Narrated by Ahmad, 6/66; al-Dārimī, 2/137; Abū Dāwūd, no. 2083; al-Tirmidhī, no. 1102; Ibn Mājah, no. 1879; Ibn Hibbān, *Mawārid*, no. 1248; and al-Hākim, 2/168, who said: “It is authentic according to the criteria of al-Bukhārī and Muslim.”
(4) B and T read: “and they are the ones mentioned.”
(5) Added from B and T.