MARRYING A MUSLIM...?

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Okay…this might seem like a strange question but it occurred to me:

Is there any difference between marrying someone who is born muslim but doesn’t actually practice the religion and marrying a sikh for example?

If neither actually practices Islam - is there any difference?

What are people’s thoughts on this?

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Well, first off, someone who is a non-practicing Muslim might not CARE about religion. This has its own concerns, but also the Sikh might be a very observant Sikh, and when practicing religion and/or raising a child, this will become an area of serious conflict.

Also, the family interactions will be very different.

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Non-practicing Muslims may in fact be more tolerant of those who want to practice it...they're familiar with Islam, and may not have a problem raising children in an 'Islamic' way.

If this person is hostile to Islam, or wants nothing to do with it...i.e. has abandoned it as a matter of principle, then it probably is the same...

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umm i dont have much knowledge regarding this issue..but frm what i've heard and read..u can only marry a muslim ( doesnt matter if they are practicing or not) Still they agree on the oneness of Allah N Muhammed (s.w.at)
U can convert sumone to Islam before marrying but u cannot marry a nonmuslim

P.s. If sumone has more knowlege regarding this issue. Feel free to correct me****

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^muslims can mary people of the book christians and jews without converting them

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As long as he/she is a muslim (practicing or not) it is better to marry him/her than the sikh. Lot of muslims are not practicing muslims but they still are muslims. Are u a muslim yourself? If yes are u a male or female? A muslim female is not allowed to marry anyone other than a muslim while a muslim male is allowed to marry the people of the book meaning jews and christians.

Namaan trying to be Slim
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Moved from Life1 to Religion.

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I heard from a Sikh this real life story of a young Muslum girl whose family was massacered during partition, her Mother and she survived, but her Mother jumped in the Canal near by and drowned her self. the girl was raised by Sikhs, grew up among them and Married one of them, after her Children were grown and She became a Grand Mother, She also jumped in the same canal where she had seen her own Mother drown.

**You can draw whatever conclusions from that!...:( **

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Will the marriage be according to Muslim rituals or Sikh customs ?

The philosophy of marriage belongs to RELIGIOUS school of thought. Every religion in the world has some sort of prescribed terms and conditions of marriage
Someone who doesnt believe in religion.. shouldn’t worry about marriage and things like that, dont worry - be happy.
After all they are just by products of metabolism and cellular development, and will one day cease to exist at the end of the biological life.. End of Story …

Why marry ??? :konfused:

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whoever said its good to marry a non-practising muslim....

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Is the non-practicing person a believer? That makes a HUGE difference.

Namaan trying to be Slim
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Every muslim is promised paradise after they have been purified(punished for their deeds). And unless the sikh converts, your nikah isnt even valid, so you get gunnah for being with someoen you are not even nikhaed too.

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^
Allah condemns the Jews in the Quran for thinking that they shall enter hellfire only for a while and then be "purified" and sent to heaven....

Quran 2:80
*And they say: The Fire (of punishment) will not touch us save for a certain number of days. *

and now we muslims think the same....

ppl bring up things here and there but i never agree that ppl shall exit hellfire after entering it....
in many places Quran repeats "hum feeha khalidoon (meaning they shall be in it for eternity)....

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Marrying a muslim is always going to be better.
some reasons to consider:

  1. The muslim, always has the potentional of coming closer to Allah SWT and become observant of ALL the obligatory acts of Islam.
  2. The Muslim, is just that , a muslim, he/she has Tawheed in the heart which is not even close to** not** having it.
  3. The non-muslim might or might not be guided to Allah and ISlam. Depends on what Allah has destined for them.

Please refer to Al-baqarah verse 221.
2:221 Do not marry unbelieving women (idolaters), until they believe: A slave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even though she allures you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers until they believe: A man slave who believes is better than an unbeliever, even though he allures you. Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the Fire. But Allah beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of bliss) and forgiveness, and makes His Signs clear to mankind: That they may celebrate His praise.

Wallahu alam.

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For the avoidance of doubt, this is a hypothetical question :)

It made me wonder, sometimes muslim guys/girls request they are married to a person of their own choice, and are granted that request providing their chosen spouse is muslim.

However, what if the chosen individual isn't practicing? What's the point of the 'muslim' part of things being taken into consideration and being a pre-requisite for the family?

They may as well be consented to marry a Sikh for example, who doesn't practice their religion either...

I probably don't make any sense :)

but it was just a thought that crossed my mind...

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That is where our duty starts,
Start from your home. There are many examples that the family is practicing Islam and girl or boy don't but after some time they also start practicing.

So there will be double reward for this. Instead of saying that Non-Muslim is better or equal to non-practicing muslims.

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My friend who is a hindu got married to philipine girl who is a christian
both their parents agreed and they had married in both traditions once in hindu tradition in india and once in christian tradition in manila ,Philipines
and they are blessed with two girls and they are leaving very happily

if you feel that guy is good and if you don't have problems with him because of religion in future then you can marry

god created all human beings and human beings created religions and not to loose their community they have created all this rules

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Non-practicing Muslim = Muslim
A non-Muslim (practicing or non-practicing) = non-Muslim

Wrong?

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you certainly don't know a thing about it. I know this from first hand experience, two conflicting beliefs create such friction that it creates distance between two hearts.

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Whole heartedly agreed! You have to have the same outlook in life where beliefs are concerned. If both of you don't believe thats ok. But do not believe in 2 different things!

Its a good day if..;