Few days ago i met a couple, after meeting them i just have a question in my mind please clear that If a muslim man allowed by realigion to get marry a non muslim (Hindu) girl. whenever she dont want to embrace Islam?
Please if u can explain & give some relevant Aayat or Hadees about this?
A muslim man (or woman) is NOT allowed by religion to marry someone of another faith (or no faith)... despite that, what he chooses to do is up to him.
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Muslim men can only marry a christian or Jew lady, that is it.
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We have to stone her to death.... im joking. relax.
what TLK said.
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wait, no one is drawing distinction that the ahle kitab of that era were diff than ahl e kitab of today and therefore a dude can not marry an ahl e kitaab woman.
wowza, I am surprised
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how were the old ahl-e-kitab different from current ahl-e-kitab? Were they more Muslim back then? :D
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Ishq na pochey zat:D ab bat zat se mazhab tak a gai hai Muslman konsa Musalman reh giey hain ju preshani hu:chai:
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lekin phir bhi... mein nay bhi suna tha k muslim man can marru a Ahl-e-Kitab lady but kisi Hindu say shadi karna??????????? or phir us ka muslim honay ka bhi koi irada na ho. Olad ka kia ho ga?
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Muslim Man can marry Ahle kitab if she Becomes Muslim. same for the hinduism.
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This is what the Quran says about the matter and it seems pretty self-explanatory.
"This day are (all) good things made lawful for you. The food of those who have received the Scripture is lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them. And so are the virtuous women of the believers and the virtuous women of those who have received the Scripture before you (lawful for you) when you give them their marriage portions and live with them in honor, not in fornication, nor taking them as secret concubines. Whoso denies the faith, his work is vain and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter. [Qur'an: Al-Ma'idah (5:5)]."
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if shirk is the biggest sin ... then how can a muslim man marry a chrisitian woman?
in which case there isnt much difference between a hindu and a christian woman ....
and if a muslim man cannot marry a hindu, he can neither marry a christian.
trinity came about 400-600 years after Christ ... so the ahl-e-kitab werent always trinity worshipers ... the verse inLimbo quotes ... it specifically says "virtuous women" ... not just any random woman you end up falling in love with.
correct me where i am wrong ...
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i really dont have any authentic answer.
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A muslim man can marry a christian/jew (many scholars are arguing about that now) as long as the children are raised muslim.
A muslim can marry a hindu/sikh/buddhist/etc as long as she accepts Islam at the time of nikaah. Otherwise the nikaah is considered invalid.
A muslim woman can marry a man of any faith as long as he converts to Islam before the nikkah.
[The whole idea is that the kids must be muslim. One non muslim parent cannot provide complete Islamic upbringing. It's possible but hard.]
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why should a hindu woman convert but not the christian one? the christian is also not exactly into the entire one-ness of God either. if she herself is confused about what God is, if jesus is the son or God himself ... what will she teach her kids? all religions teach the same morals .... a hindu woman will tell her child to do good as well as a christian woman. its what she teaches about God that is problematic. the christian woman doesnt really "believe" in the old testament either ...
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and I quote:
In principle, the Quran has permitted a Muslim boy to marry a Christian or Jewish girl, i.e. since they belong to the Ahle Kitab. However, there are two important aspects to bear in mind:
Nowadays, many of those who claim to be “The People of the Book” are in reality atheists. They are only Christian or Jew by name. They claim to follow a religion but in fact do not believe in it. At times, they may practice on a few isolated aspects of Christianity but this also only when and if it suits them. This is the plight of many in western countries also.
The Shariah has only permitted the nikah of a Muslim boy to a Jewish or Christian girl where there is no apprehension of the husband or his children being influenced by the women’s religious matters. In the early days of Islam, every Muslim was duly equipped with adequate knowledge of his religion and had an unshaken commitment to Islamic principles. There was no fear of the Muslim man being misled by any foreign influence. Rather, he was supposed to convince his wife in religious issues. Therefore, if a Muslim is fully confident that his marriage with a Christian or Jewish girl will never affect his religious life or that of his kids, then there is no bar against such a marriage. However, in the case where he is not confident, he must avoid marrying a non-Muslim girl. In fact, even in the early pristine era of the Sahabah radiallahu anhum, where dedication and loyalty for Din was at its pinnacle, then too Sayyiduna Umar radiallahu anhu discouraged nikah with the Ahle Kitab. What can be said of the corrupt, immoral, and spiritually tainted era we live in today?
Well a muslim man is permitted to marry a Christian/Jewish woman, it is permitted by Quran/Islam. So a blanket statement that he cannot marry a Christian/Jewish woman cannot be made.
Now what kind of scripture are they following and how truly Christian or Jewish are they is a entirely seperate issue and perhaps upto the individual Christian/Jew, we cannot make a judgement about all of them in one big sweep. There are sects of Christianity who believe in the oneness of God and consider Jesus just a messenger/prophet.
But to make a statement that a muslim man cannot marry a Christian/Jewish woman would be contradicting the Quran.
God knows best.
if shirk is the biggest sin ... then how can a muslim man marry a chrisitian woman? in which case there isnt much difference between a hindu and a christian woman .... and if a muslim man cannot marry a hindu, he can neither marry a christian. trinity came about 400-600 years after Christ ... so the ahl-e-kitab werent always trinity worshipers ... the verse inLimbo quotes ... it specifically says "virtuous women" ... not just any random woman you end up falling in love with. correct me where i am wrong ...
What you said may mislead/confuse some.
A muslim man cannot marry a hindu/sikh/buddhist period, that needs to be said. If the hindu/sikh/buddhist are converting to Islam at the time of nikah then he is marrying a muslim and not a hindu/sikh/buddhist. Which is what you essentially are saying.
The same goes for your statement about muslim women. No they cannot marry anyone but a muslim and that is what they are essentially doing if the groom is converting to Islam at the time of the nikah.
A muslim man can marry a christian/jew (many scholars are arguing about that now) as long as the children are raised muslim.
A muslim can marry a hindu/sikh/buddhist/etc as long as she accepts Islam at the time of nikaah. Otherwise the nikaah is considered invalid.
A muslim woman can marry a man of any faith as long as he converts to Islam before the nikkah.
[The whole idea is that the kids must be muslim. One non muslim parent cannot provide complete Islamic upbringing. It's possible but hard.]
A muslim man can marry a christian/jew (many scholars are arguing about that now) as long as the children are raised muslim.
A muslim can marry a hindu/sikh/buddhist/etc as long as she accepts Islam at the time of nikaah. Otherwise the nikaah is considered invalid.
A muslim woman can marry a man of any faith as long as he converts to Islam before the nikkah.
[The whole idea is that the kids must be muslim. One non muslim parent cannot provide complete Islamic upbringing. It's possible but hard.]
Why not just say they can only marry muslim men? I always wondered, WHY can't they marry Christian/Jews like Muslim men can? Isn't that sorta unfair?
*The answer to this question is that, women are somewhat weak and emotional by nature. Then the husband has been given a caretaking and controlling role over the wife. As such, it is very likely that the Muslim wife may fall prey and become impressed with her husband’s faith. The chances of the husband becoming affected by his wife’s faith are remote, thus the difference between the two situations is clear.
Moreover, by marrying a Christian or a Jewish man, the status of the Muslim wife would be affected, for the wife normally takes the nationality and status given by her husband's law. A Christian or a Jewish woman marrying a Muslim man would be expected eventually to accept Islam, while the possibility of a Muslim woman changing her faith to that of her husband is very likely. Therefore, only Muslim men were given this permission of marrying with women from the people of the book.*
[Marrying non-Muslims: the legal ruling](http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=2267&CATE=10)
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^Sexist, aren't we?
So it has always been their agenda to keep the weaker weak, very nice. Again, this only benefits men, bigger pool of women to choose from. Seriously this is ridiculous.
I read somewhere that it is forbidden for a muslim woman to marry a non-muslim because the husband has the authority over his wife and children and if the husband is not Muslim it will be difficult to raise children as Muslims since he will want to raise them according to his religion.
Now here's my problem: what if the non-Muslim wife has an issue with that? What if she wants to raise her children according to her religion or what if she wants to stay in a secular country like America and the husband wants to take them to an islamic country like Afghanistan/Iran/Saudi? Wouldn't that also lead to problems? I see the husband getting sole custody of the children and the wife will most likely get divorced. I see problems in either case so it doesn't make any sense to allow men to marry a non-muslim unless their intent was to keep their options open. marry 4 times. marry anybody, have sex slaves.....Who's left? So basically, make as many Muslim babies as possible. No wonder it's the fastest growing religion.
Ok whatever, I am mad. This is not the God I believe in.
p.s. WATCH "NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER"... It is very evident that problems are bound to happen one way or another.