عَاهَدَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى بِحِلْفَةٍ أَنْ لَا يُصَاهِرَ غَيْرَ ذِي حِرْفَةٍ
He had sworn not to marry his daughter to anyone without a trade.
Yuṣāhira means entering a marriage alliance, and dhū ḥirfah means someone possessing a craft or trade. The woman says her father rejected other proposals because he sought a man able to earn.
The narrative’s concern is his stated preference and his failure to check a suitor’s claim; it does not establish a universal legal condition of marriage.
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The Alexandrian Maqāmah — A Traveler’s Ambition and a Complaint before the Judge
عَاهَدَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى بِحِلْفَةٍ أَنْ لَا يُصَاهِرَ غَيْرَ ذِي حِرْفَةٍ
He had sworn not to marry his daughter to anyone without a trade.
Yuṣāhira means entering a marriage alliance, and dhū ḥirfah means someone possessing a craft or trade. The woman says her father rejected other proposals because he sought a man able to earn.
The narrative’s concern is his stated preference and his failure to check a suitor’s claim; it does not establish a universal legal condition of marriage.