Why One Chechen Man Prefers Marriage Within His Culture

So you're from Chechnya? Yeah, yeah. I heard Chechen women only marry in Chechnya.

They don't marry outside. Is that true? Yes, um, and the only- Tell, tell, tell us the w- tell us the wisdom behind that.

Why do Chechen women only marry Chechen men?

Uh, you know, the origin is, you know, in the Caucasus, they generally do it.

They don't marry outside. Mm. And Islamically, you know, the, the ulama said it's, it's not, uh, a duty, but it's better to marry inside the culture.

You know, there was a quote from Imam Ahmad, I think.

Not Ahmad. Imam Ahmad, Al-Nawawi, Imam Al-Shafi'i.

Yeah, no. Malik. All of them, man. Uh, one, one quote, um, someone wanted, uh, someone asked if he should give his daughter to a non-Arab, and he responded, "No."

Then the other one said- Salam, akhi, akhi, please keep going.

Uh, yes, keep going. And he said, "Even if she's sick," and he still said no.

Yeah. Wow. Imam Ahmad said that, akhi? Uh, I'm not sure, but it was, it was a quote from, uh, a scholar from, uh, the Hanbali- The Hanbali school.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm not surprised, akhi, because statements like that are all over the madhahib.

But there are some people who are, they're too soft, right? Unfortunately- Yeah ... they don't understand these things, right?

I get you, man. So you would rather, you would rather that, uh, let's say if you had a daughter, that she would marry a Chechen man?

Yes.

And becau- because you want to preserve your lineage and your cultural and social identity, right?

No, not because of the lineage or the blood.

Uh, just to avoid conflicts. You know, many, uh- That's true.

You know, if, if her parents don't speak English, German, or Chechen- So it's, it would be a risk assessment, right?

Yeah. And the same culture, uh, avoids conflicts.

You have to- Right. You don't have conflicts, uh, to decide which language your child speaks.

Hmm. I like that, brother. I, I think it's sad that people, uh, say it's nationalistic and racist, but- I li- I like you, man.

I li- I like you, man. You know, you know what you're talking about. Yeah.

You think like this too?

Actually, I got canceled for this a few days ago.

Man, that's- I, I, I said, I said, I said this, and they started canceling me and calling me nationalistic.

Yeah. That's, yeah. Can you believe it? Can you believe they did that to me?

Juhal, brother. Ah, you know what I'm saying? Not, not everyone.

Not everyone. Not everybody. That's right.

No, no. All right, brother. It's a pleasure to meet you, man.

Brother, as-salamu alaykum. Yeah, as-salamu alaykum. Have a good one, man.

As-salamu alaykum. You guys heard it from the Chechen Chad himself.

You guys heard it from the man himself, man.

Is he an Arab? No, he's not an Arab.