Chapter on Compatibility in Marriage
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 15
رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْوَلِيدِ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي رَجُلٍ خَطَبَ إِلَيَّ فَكَتَبَ "مَنْ خَطَبَ إِلَيْكُمْ فَرَضِيتُمْ دِينَهُ وَ أَمَانَتَهُ كَائِناً مَنْ كَانَ فَزَوِّجُوهُ وَ إِلاَّ تَفْعَلُوا "تَكُنْ فِتْنَةٌ فِي اَلْأَرْضِ وَ فَسٰادٌ كَبِيرٌ" ".
Muhammad ibn al-Walid narrated from al-Husayn ibn Bashshar, who said: I wrote to Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام concerning a man who proposed marriage to someone. Imam عليه السلام replied: "If someone proposes to you, and you are satisfied with his religion and trustworthiness, then marry him, whoever he may be. If you do not do so, there will be 'fitnah (discord) on the earth and great corruption.'"
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh