Re: Friends and their reputation
In this day and age a Christian is not the same type of Christian that was around in the Prophet's time. The reason why it was allowed for a muslim man to marry a christian woman was because the beliefs of muslims and christians at that time were extremely similar and any children that came from that union would not be confused by two different religions and sets of moral values. These days however a muslim man couldn't really marry a christian woman unless she was like the christians in the time of the Prophet ie thinking and mind set etc.
To the OP: Try and talk some sense into her, she's your friend so you should try and help her but if its not working then well... that's that.
My friend used to be fine then she found a guy and they've been going out for two years now. I didn't find out till last year when she told me. She said that I wouldnt approve and thats why she didnt tell me. I do not approve and she knows. Now she wants to marry him but is dragging it out. I asked my husband about it and he said it seems like she wants the fun but none of the responsibility that comes with marriage and that's why she's dragging it out. She doesn't really want to marry him, she just wants to enjoy herself. What can you do?
But doesn't Islam say that the rules are for all of time? Would Allah not have known how practices in Christianity would evolve or change over time? I'm saying this cos I hear the argument that Islamic rules are here for eternity and it's not for us to decide who is a 'real' Christian or 'real' Jew..
(At the end of the day anyway the basics of Christianity and Judaism haven't changed anyway, have they? Christians obviously still believe Jesus is the son of God etc)