Layla bint Qanif al-Thaqafiyya

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Layla bint Qanif al-Thaqafiyya was a Companion. ¹ She was among the women who washed Umm Kulthum, daughter of the Prophet, and she described it accurately. Through Dawud ibn Urwa ibn Masud al-Thaqafi she reported that the first garment handed to them was the waistwrap, then the shift, the veil and the sheet, after which the body was wrapped in the outer cloth, while the Prophet stood behind the door passing the garments to them. ²

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