Nikkah

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Re: Nikkah

@Thornewood9

There are quite a few scholars who have debated this question and opinion is divided. Some do say that we can’t really call the Christians and Jews of today " people of the book" because unlike their ancestors they follow a religion which has been distorted so much over time that its not even the same thing.

See, I didn’t know that this was a matter if debate among the scholars. I assumed that general permission was granted as I had always heard from my mom and others that it’s allowed to marry Women of the Book.

For instance the Christians who claim Jesus AS is actually God Himself some scholars say are not monotheistic and therefore fall under the category of polytheists. I personally agree with that view.

**And that view makes sense to me as well. However, didn’t the Christians during Rasool SAWS’s time also believe that Jesus AS was son of God? The “distortion” of the teachings of Jesus came before Rasool SAWS…so my guess is that the Christians during Rasool SAWS’s time must have also believed Jesus was son of God though they might have been more conservative in their lifestyle than the Christians today. In this case…if I am right…then wouldn’t the ruling of some scholars that modern day Christians are “polytheists” also apply to the Christians during Rasool SAWS’s time? **

If there were other questions you asked that I didn’t answer I apologise, I didn’t notice them! hope you didn’t think I was ignoring them deliberately!

No, not at all. I appreciate that you even tried to answer them; Jazak Allah.