Is marriage to a Christian permissible, and is her ruling the same as that of a polytheist?
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Question:
Is marriage to a Christian permissible, even though she is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) who says that Allah is the third of three, and other such acts of shirk (associating partners with Allah)? And is her ruling the same as that of a polytheist? Or is there another difference?
Answer:
Allah has permitted this, and she says this was at the time of the revelation of the Qur'an, and Allah has permitted this, and He is the most wise of judges (Glorified and Exalted is He), and He knows best the interests of His servants, so this is a specific case,[Al-Baqarah 2:221] the verse of [Al-Ma'idah 5:5] "It is lawful for them" specifies it.
Is marriage to a Christian permissible, even though she is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) who says that Allah is the third of three, and other such acts of shirk (associating partners with Allah)? And is her ruling the same as that of a polytheist? Or is there another difference?
Answer:
Allah has permitted this, and she says this was at the time of the revelation of the Qur'an, and Allah has permitted this, and He is the most wise of judges (Glorified and Exalted is He), and He knows best the interests of His servants, so this is a specific case,
And do not marry polytheistic women
وَلَا تَنكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكَاتِchaste women from among those who were given the Scripture
وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 55من279/هل الزواج من نصرانية وهل حكمها حكم الوثنية/أسألة شرح نواقض الآسلام/صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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