The ruling on a Muslim woman marrying a disbeliever and the rulings that follow from it
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Finally, you ask your Eminence, Shaykh Salih, about the ruling on a woman who marries a disbeliever, and what she must do so that Allah forgives her? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for a Muslim woman to marry a disbeliever, and the marriage is not valid; her marriage is invalid and it is zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), because it is without a Shari'ah contract. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:[Al-Baqarah 2:221], and He the Exalted and Majestic said: [Al-Mumtahanah 60:10] for them, [Al-Mumtahanah 60:10] so it is not permissible for a Muslim woman to marry a disbeliever in any case, whether he is a People of the Book or not. If she marries him, her marriage is invalid, and his intercourse with her is zina. Whoever considers this permissible is a disbeliever in Allah the Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. The one who did that asks Shaykh Salih: What is required of her?
The Shaykh:
If she did this out of ignorance,
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
and without intentional purpose, then she must repent to Allah, and seek forgiveness, and not continue with this disbeliever. She must stay away from him and leave him; because he is not her husband. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Finally, you ask your Eminence, Shaykh Salih, about the ruling on a woman who marries a disbeliever, and what she must do so that Allah forgives her? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for a Muslim woman to marry a disbeliever, and the marriage is not valid; her marriage is invalid and it is zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), because it is without a Shari'ah contract. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:
And do not marry polytheistic men [to your women] until they believe. And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you. Those invite [you] to the Fire, but Allah invites to Paradise and to forgiveness, by His permission.
وَلَا تُنكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنُوا وَلَعَبْدٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن مُّشْرِكٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكُمْ أُولَٰئِكَ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ وَاللَّهُ يَدْعُو إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَالْمَغْفِرَةِ بِإِذْنِهِO you who have believed, when the believing women come to you as emigrants, examine them. Allah is most knowing as to their faith. And if you know them to be believers, then do not return them to the disbelievers; they are not
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا جَاءَكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ مُهَاجِرَاتٍ فَامْتَحِنُوهُنَّ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِإِيمَانِهِنَّ فَإِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ إِلَى الْكُفَّارِ لَا هُنَّ حِلٌّnor are they lawful [husbands] for them
وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّThe questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. The one who did that asks Shaykh Salih: What is required of her?
The Shaykh:
If she did this out of ignorance,
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
and without intentional purpose, then she must repent to Allah, and seek forgiveness, and not continue with this disbeliever. She must stay away from him and leave him; because he is not her husband. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4719- حكم زواج المسلمة بكافر والأحكام المترتبة على ذلك - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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