dealing with muslim women marrying non-muslims

[janab-e-ali]

@soundarya

According to what I’ve noticed while reading the Qur’an, the members of the People of the Book who believe in one God (Allah), His Signs, and the Last Day, are believers. The Unbelievers are those who pretend to believe in God or reject Him completely. ***I could be wrong though.

Again, I’m not a religious scholar by any stretch of the imagination, but your argument would essentially make Christian and Jewish beliefs as valid as Islam…if believing in one God and the Day of Judgment is all you need to believe, then why do we even need the Prophet Mohammed and Islam?

Personally I believe that according to Islam, righteous Christians/Jews/Zoroastrians all will be rewarded for their good deeds, but there still is a very clear distinction between them and believers/Muslims.

@soundarya

Take a look at 2:221… mentioned is that men should not marry unbelievers until they become believers. And the same for women. It just brings up the question of which people are “Believers.” And the Qur’an itself is a sign from God and needs to be accepted…

That isn’t the only verse dealing with the issue.

Again, the Quran specifically makes an exception for Muslim men marrying women from the people of the book:

…(Lawful unto you in marriage) are (not only) chaste women who are believers, but chaste women among the People of the Book, revealed before your time…(Quran, 5:5)