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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The wisdom behind permitting marriage to a woman from the People of the Book, despite her being ritually impure

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: What is the wisdom behind permitting a Muslim to marry a woman from the People of the Book, given that she is ritually impure?

Answer:
A chaste woman
chaste women from among those who were given the Scriptureوَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ
[Al-Ma'idah 5:5]
chaste women. Those who guard their chastity and abstain from unlawful sexual intercourse. Her original religion is sound. She follows the prophets, Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them). Her original religion is sound, so she is dealt with according to her original religion. Yes, and she is also chaste regarding unlawful sexual intercourse; she is not wicked, she is chaste. Yes, chaste women. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 17 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/أدران القلب/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (37:50)

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