He replied:

If he persists in sinful conduct, the guardian should not give her in marriage to him. As one of the early generations said:

“Whoever marries his beloved daughter to a wicked man has severed her ties of kinship.”

But if the guardian knows that he has repented, she may be married to him, provided he is a suitable match for her and she consents to marry him. As for a marriage arranged to make a woman lawful again for her former husband, it is established that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

“Allah has cursed the man who marries her to make her lawful for her former husband, and the former husband for whom this is done.”

The scholars unanimously agree that a woman may not be compelled to enter such a marriage.

He was also asked whether one may marry into the Rāfidīs.

He replied:

The Rāfidīs proper are people of deviant inclinations, religious innovations, and misguidance. A Muslim should not give a woman under his guardianship in marriage to a Rāfidī. If, however, he himself marries a Rāfidī woman, the marriage is valid if he hopes that she will repent. Otherwise, it is better not to marry her, lest she corrupt his children. Allah knows best.

He was also asked—may Allah have mercy on him:

Is marriage to a Rāfidī, or to someone who says that the five daily prayers are not obligatory upon them, valid, whether that person is a man or a woman? If such a person repents of Rāfidī beliefs and observes prayer for a time, but then returns to their former ways, may the existing marriage be allowed to continue?

He replied:

No one may give a woman under his guardianship in marriage to a Rāfidī or to someone who abandons prayer. If they give her in marriage to him on the understanding that he is a Sunnī, and he performs the five daily prayers, but it later becomes apparent that he is a Rāfidī who does not pray—or he returns to Rāfidī beliefs and abandons prayer—then they are to annul the marriage.