The ruling on a wife claiming affiliation with her husband's family
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Question:
Their final question asks: Is it permissible for a Muslim wife whose people are disbelievers to change her family name to her husband's family name?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible for her to claim affiliation with her husband's family; she must claim affiliation with her own family, even if they are disbelievers. Affiliation is not a matter of religion; it is a matter of the worldly life.[Al-Hujurat 49:13] Therefore, affiliation and lineage do not fall under matters of religion; they fall only under matters of mutual recognition. It is not permissible for her to claim affiliation with anyone other than her own people or anyone other than her father. This is one of the major sins: for a person to claim affiliation with someone other than his father.
Their final question asks: Is it permissible for a Muslim wife whose people are disbelievers to change her family name to her husband's family name?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible for her to claim affiliation with her husband's family; she must claim affiliation with her own family, even if they are disbelievers. Affiliation is not a matter of religion; it is a matter of the worldly life.
and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another
وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل تجب علينا صلاة الجماعة في المسجد إذا كان بعيدًا، وغالبًا ما يكون مغلقًا؛ لأننا ندرس في دولة كافرة — youtube.com (7:49)
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