How to verify the chastity of a woman from the People of the Book before marrying her
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner says: In this lesson, we learned that it is permissible for a Muslim man to marry a woman from the People of the Book if she is chaste regarding zina (unlawful sexual intercourse). How does one verify this in our time? Do we ask them when meeting?
Answer:
One knows the chaste woman; one knows her from her family and her home. One asks about her. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner says: In this lesson, we learned that it is permissible for a Muslim man to marry a woman from the People of the Book if she is chaste regarding zina (unlawful sexual intercourse). How does one verify this in our time? Do we ask them when meeting?
Answer:
One knows the chaste woman; one knows her from her family and her home. One asks about her. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2206] كيفية التحقق من عفة الكتابية قبل الزواج بها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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