MARRIAGE
WITH KUFFARS
Marriages
between Muslims and atheists are not permissible at all. In such cases,
the man or woman should accept Islam before entering into a shar'ai
legal "nikah."
And
do not marry Al-Mushrikats {idolatress, etc.} till they believe (worship
Allah alone). And indeed a slave woman is better than a (free) Mushrikah
{idolatress, etc.}, even though she pleases you. And give not (your
daughters) in marriage to Al-Mushrikun** till they believe in Allah
alone and verily a believing slave is better than a (free) Mushrik,
even though he pleases you. Those Al-Mushrikun invite you to the Fire
{Al naar}, but Allah invites you to the Paradise and Forgiveness by
His Leave, and makes His Ayaat {proofs, evidences, lessons, verses,
signs, etc.} clear to mankind that they may remember. [Quran 2:221]
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"......
(Lawful unto you in marriage) are (not only) chaste women who are believers,
but chaste women among the People of the Book revealed before your time,
when you give them their due dowries, and desire chastity, not lewdness,
nor sectret intrigues. If anyone rejects faith, fruitless is his work,
and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost
(all the spritual good)." [Quran 5:5] <<< See the following
two notes >>>
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A note[7] following the above passage further describes that a Muslim
man can marry a woman from their ranks on same terms as he would marry
a Muslim woman, i.e. he must give her an economic and moral status,
and must not actuate merely by motives of lust and physical desires.
A Muslim woman cannot marry a non-Muslim primarily because her religious
affiliation and duties will be affected by the authority of her husband.
A non-Muslim woman marrying a Muslim man are expected to eventually
accept Islam. Any man or woman, from any race or faith, upon ACCEPTING
Islam can freely marry any Muslim, man or woman, provided the objective
is purity and chasteness and not lewdness.
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In the above verse, "People of Books" refers to the "followers"
of the religions who received God's message in the form of teachings
by Prophet Moses (AS) and Prophet Jesus (AS) before Islam. However,
the term "people of Books" by no mean refers to the present
Torah or Pentateuch or The Bible which were written by various authors
decades and centuries after their respective Prophets. The term "Books"
therefore does NOT affirm in any manner the validity of the present
Bible (canonized in 325 AC) or Torah (written over an uncertain period
est. 1500-1350 BCE??) as God's message as their followers vehemently
argue and would like Muslims to take the term "Book" for their
Bible or Torah. The following note by Abdullah Yousuf Ali is worth mentioning
here:
Note
#390: ...The Original Gospel (see Surah 3:48 below) was not the various
stories written afterwards by disciples***, but the real message taught
directly by Jesus (AS). *** St Paul, author of almost half of the New
Testament and the one annuling Mosaic law, and Luke, to whom "Gospel
According to Luke" is attributed, were not even among the original
12 disciples.
"And
Allah will teach him (Jesus (AS)) The Book and Wisdom, The Law and the
Gospel." [Surah 3:48] [This clearly indicate to THE Gospel given
to Jesus (AS) and not to the Council of Nicaea which decided, in 325AC,
by vote, what The Bible canon should be comprised of .]
"There
is among them a section who distort the book with tongues; (As they
read) you would think it is part of the Book, But it is no part of Book;
and they say, "That is from Allah," But it is they who tell
a lie against Allah, and (well) they know it!" [Surah 3:78]
Note:
Much has been already said on this topic on s.r.i.
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