If reverse is true why can not Muslim woman marry out from her religion?
I think you have some misunderstanding, Muslim men/women can marry Ahlul-kitaab but that Ahlul-kitaab must convert to Islam before nikah. So the rule applies to both men and women.
Muslim women cannot marry out of her religion. Only men can marry out of Islam and the women have to be converted into muslim before the marriage. If both of them are non-muslims and one of them becomes muslim their marriage is over in other words their nikha in over.
Najim where does it say that muslim women can marry a non-muslim man.
[This message has been edited by Jawaan (edited 11-03-98).]
A very interesting point raised here. However, it is unfortunate that people with little knowledge of religion keep giving Fatwaas. Let me describe for you exactly the answer to the question "Can muslims women marry from Ahle-Kitab?" NO, but men can.
Women cannot because of a few reasons. First, the children will then adopt the religion of the father(i.e, non-muslims). That is natural. Second, for the love of her husband, women can change her religion or stop practising it. There is another one which has slipped my mind.
Jawaan's last line does not make sense at all.
As far as the men are concerned, they can marry Ahle_Kitab without changing the religion before or after marriage. No buts about that. Why you may ask, because men are more stronger (mentally) then women so they might be able to re-vert their wife to Islam rather then follow her religion. However, today ther are exceptions to the rule because we live in a society where people wanna be 'Open Minded'. What a shame? We are forgetting this beautiful deen of ours and doing what the Shaytan asks of us. We have indeed committed Kufr in action. May Allah (swt) forgive us all and guide us to the straight path, the path of 'Sirat al Mustaqeem'. Ameen.
Your brother in Islam,
Humayun.
I do not claim to be an expert on the subject*
I am searching for answers myself. Pasted below is a excerpt from a web page. Are this persons explanations correct? Those who are more knowledgable about Islam/Koran than I, please comment.
Muslim Woman and non-Muslim Man:
… And give not (your daughters) in marriage to Al-Mushrikun** till they believe in Allah alone and verily a believing slave is better than a (free) Mushrik, even though he pleases you…[2:221]
** Al-Mushrikun=>Pagans, idolators, polytheist and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah and in His messanger Prophet Muhammad SAW) - [6]]
Islam considers the husband head-of-the-family and therefore requires that a Muslima cannot marry a non-Muslim because she will be under the authority of a non-muslim husband. He may prevent her from carrying out her religious obligations by either pressuring her or physically abusing her. But it is not the sole reason for imposing the restriction. The situation is considered very damaging for the woman to practise Islam afterwards and even worse for the kids in such marriages. There are NO conditions mentioned under which a Muslim woman IS allowed to get married or remain married to a non-Muslim husband after she has accepted Islam. Therefore, even if she has freedom to practise Islam after marriage, she is NOT allowed to enter into an inter-faith marriage.
copied from
http://www.muslim.net/islam/intermarriage.html
–ladlaone
Dear Ladlaone,
Thanks a lot for providing comprehensive reply. According to this information, even men are not allowed to marry with women of Ahle Kitab who live in this part of the world. (West).
Zarif
[This message has been edited by Zarif (edited 11-03-98).]
Agree with you zarif,
I read a really good article which recommended that Muslim men in the West not marry non-Muslim woman. The argument was that it is so difficult to raise children in non-Muslim societies that both parents need to be Muslim.
i agree with jawaan that women cant marry out of religion but men can but the woman must convert before nikah
oaky just asked my mother and she said that the man can marry out of religion cuz like the childern r known by the dad's name so what ever dad is that is what they r so theyll be muslim right!!
but if a women marries out of religion and kids take after their daddy theyll be that
we r trying to spread islam not give it up yo other religions
Need to clear some stuff. If a muslim man marries a non-muslim (ahle-kitab) women, she does not have to revert before marriage. Their marriage is valid even if she continues with her religion, providing she is ahle-kitab.
However, like I explained before, the muslim women cannot marry a non-muslim man, unless he reverts to Islam before marriage. If he does not, then their marriage is void.
Thanks.