Clarification of a woman’s divorce from her disbelieving husband upon her conversion to Islam, and a disbelieving woman’s divorce from a Muslim husband upon his conversion to Islam
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: You mentioned that if a woman converts to Islam, she is divorced from her husband and given...
The Shaykh:
It is annulled, what you said is annulled, it is annulled from her husband automatically. Yes, on the condition that she is sincere in her faith. If you know[Al-Mumtahanah 60:10] after the trial [Al-Mumtahanah 60:10] this is the meaning of the annulment [Al-Mumtahanah 60:10]. Yes.
The questioner:
He says, in the continuation of his question: If a man converts to Islam and his wife is an atheist or a polytheist, does she remain his wife or does he divorce her?
The Shaykh:
If he converts to Islam, she is divorced from him. However, if she converts during the waiting period, she is returned to him. But if the waiting period ends and she has not converted, she is divorced from him.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: You mentioned that if a woman converts to Islam, she is divorced from her husband and given...
The Shaykh:
It is annulled, what you said is annulled, it is annulled from her husband automatically. Yes, on the condition that she is sincere in her faith. If you know
And if you know them to be believers
فَإِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَاتٍthen do not return them to the disbelievers
فَلَا تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ إِلَى الْكُفَّارِthey are not lawful [wives] for them, nor are they lawful [husbands] for them
لَا هُنَّ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّThe questioner:
He says, in the continuation of his question: If a man converts to Islam and his wife is an atheist or a polytheist, does she remain his wife or does he divorce her?
The Shaykh:
If he converts to Islam, she is divorced from him. However, if she converts during the waiting period, she is returned to him. But if the waiting period ends and she has not converted, she is divorced from him.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2877] بيان انخلاع المرأة من زوجها الكافر بإسلامها وانخلاع الكافرة من المسلم بإسلامه — youtube.com
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