Marriage of Women of the Book and 'Umar's Action in Ordering the Companions to Divorce Them

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, do the scholars…?

The Shaykh:
If a Muslim marries a woman of the Book, his children are in error, because he is a corrupter, so what is the ruling? Yes.

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, have the scholars agreed on the dislike of marrying women of the Book, given the presence of free Muslim women, due to the harm in leaving Muslim women? And how is the action of 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) directed, when he ordered the Companions to divorce women of the Book?

The Shaykh:
The scholars have not agreed on this; they do not agree on disliking something that Allah has made permissible. Allah has made this permissible, and He is the Most Knowing, Glorified and Exalted is He, of the interests of His creation. And the fact that 'Umar exercised independent legal reasoning in this does not serve as an argument against the explicit text. One does not argue with the independent legal reasoning of a Companion or anyone else against the explicit text. And Allah has permitted marriage to a woman of the Book, and He is the Most Knowing, Glorified and Exalted is He, of the interests of His creation. Yes. And the fact that a person dislikes this or is tormented by doubts about it does not change the rulings of the Shari'ah, and it is not permissible for us to interfere with the rulings of the Shari'ah and cast doubt on them. Yes.