Re: What's your Opinion : Question by a Non-Muslim man about his recently converted w
^ but that's really not true. No court of law deems religious conversion as an automatic annulment of marriage.
Take some reality into account before repeating the same "marriage is kaput".
Reality is:
Neither the wife nor the husband have sought divorce
There is no valid law that cancels the marriage unless such divorce is granted
People's interpretations here seem to be driven by anxiety to support such conversiion and in the process lot of misinformation bordering on malice (ie no regard to the people involved) is being doled out.
Does islamic law apply to the couple? No because the husband is not a muslim and doesn't say he wants to become one.
Does islamic law apply individually to the man and wife? No to the man (because he is not muslim) and yes to the wife. (Because she became muslim)
Does the marriage exist? Yes. All nations law recognize that. And there is no specific islamic law that cancels the marriage.
So why are you making up stuff here, ruining the couple's marriage instead of helping them?
Your mentions of the laws and courts considering them still married is irrelevant. I'm saying that their marriage is invalid according to Islamic law. What any state court has to say about it doesn't matter from that perspective. I know that they're legally married according to the state laws and what not but according to Islam they're not. Islamically, it is ok for a Muslim man to propose to her for marriage, even though she is legally married to the man. If she were to marry a Muslim and have a husband/wife relationship with her Muslim husband, that would be perfectly valid according to Islamic law. If she were to continue her relationship with the non-Muslim, then that would be considered zina.
There may be couples where the husband is Muslim and the wife is atheist/ mushrik or vice versa, which is recognized by courts and what not, but according to Islam it isn't worth anything.