The Ruling on Marrying a Woman from the People of the Book
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The questioner:
May Allah’s peace be upon you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner from France says: I am a young man and I want to marry a woman from the People of the Book. Is that permissible?
The Shaykh:
It is permissible on the condition that she is chaste, meaning she is pure from unlawful sexual intercourse. She is guarded from unlawful sexual intercourse. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Marrying a Muslim woman is undoubtedly better and safer, but if she is a woman from the People of the Book and is chaste from unlawful sexual intercourse, then it is permissible to marry her.[Al-Ma'idah 5:5] Morals, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
May Allah’s peace be upon you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner from France says: I am a young man and I want to marry a woman from the People of the Book. Is that permissible?
The Shaykh:
It is permissible on the condition that she is chaste, meaning she is pure from unlawful sexual intercourse. She is guarded from unlawful sexual intercourse. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Marrying a Muslim woman is undoubtedly better and safer, but if she is a woman from the People of the Book and is chaste from unlawful sexual intercourse, then it is permissible to marry her.
chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture before you, when you have given them their due compensation, desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse or
وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ إِذَا آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ مُحْصِنِينَ غَيْرَ مُسَافِحِينَ وَلَا مُتَّخِذِيThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
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المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 07-05-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (1:12:40)
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