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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the obligation of one who finds a Muslim woman under a disbelieving husband?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: In His saying, the Exalted,
they are not lawful [wives] for them, nor are they lawful [husbands] for themلَا هُنَّ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّ
[Al-Mumtahanah 60:10]
, he says: If a Muslim finds a Muslim woman under a disbelieving husband in Muslim lands, what is obligatory for him, especially if the wife is content with her disbelieving husband?

Answer:
He does not intervene between them. This is a matter for the rulers. If the Muslim ruler divorces her and she completes her waiting period, he may marry her. As for him encroaching upon her and taking her from the disbeliever, that leads to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), killing, and the shedding of blood. Yes, these are matters that require execution by the Muslim rulers. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1699- 4717] ما الواجب على من وجد امرأة مسلمة تحت زوج كافر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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