Answer: If a family of pot-makers left this occupation long ago and now do business or any other respectable profession and now they are reputable in the eyes of society then this marriage is valid, otherwise invalid. My master A’lā Ḥaḍrat, Maulānā Shāĥ Imām Aḥmad Razā Khān عَـلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ الـرَّحْمٰن said: The inferiority of a weaver, laundry worker, barber, or cobbler does not come to an end due to knowledge. However, if these people left these professions long ago and are now treated respectfully by society and considered dignified by common people and marrying them is no longer embarrassing for the daughters of dignitaries, then it is a different matter.
(Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ, vol. 11, pp. 715)
Question: What is meant by Kufw in piety?
Answer: Piety means equality in Taqwā, good qualities, and correct beliefs.
Question: If a sinful father’s pious daughter marries a sinful man without her guardian’s permission, is their marriage valid or not?
Answer: This marriage is valid. (Durr-e-Mukhtār, vol. 4, pp. 202)
Question: A young man is known for drinking alcohol, is this alcoholic Kufw for a pious man’s daughter?
Answer: No, he is not Kufw. Ṣadr-ush-Sharī’aĥ, Badr-uṭ-Ṭarīqaĥ, ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Muftī Muhammad Amjad ‘Alī A’ẓamī عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی stated on page 54, part 7 of Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ’s version of Baĥār-e-Sharī’at: A Fāsiq is not Kufw for a pious man’s daughter, even if she herself is not pious. (Durr-e-Mukhtār, vol. 4, pp. 201 etc.)