The Book Woman Whom It Is Permissible to Marry in This Era
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, who is the Book woman (Ahl al-Kitab) whom it is permissible to marry in this era? Because the Christians believe that 'Isa is the son of Allah, so how does one distinguish between the Book woman who is a monotheist and the one who is a polytheist?
The Shaykh:
Allah has permitted us the women of the People of the Book, on the condition that they be chaste. The chaste ones among those who were given the Scripture are those who are chaste, meaning those who abstain from unlawful sexual intercourse. So if she is chaste from unlawful sexual intercourse, it is permissible for a Muslim to marry her by the text of the Qur'an,[Al-Ma'idah 5:5], and take
The questioner:
the chaste one.
The Shaykh:
[Al-Ma'idah 5:5] Chaste means those who are chaste, meaning from unlawful sexual intercourse, those who are pure in their chastity. Yes.
The questioner:
He says:
The Shaykh:
Allah has permitted this, and the Christians say that al-Masih is the son of Allah at the time of the revelation of the Qur'an, and they say that Allah is the third of three at the time of the revelation of the Qur'an, and yet Allah said: Say, [marry] chaste women[Ali 'Imran 3:186] Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, who is the Book woman (Ahl al-Kitab) whom it is permissible to marry in this era? Because the Christians believe that 'Isa is the son of Allah, so how does one distinguish between the Book woman who is a monotheist and the one who is a polytheist?
The Shaykh:
Allah has permitted us the women of the People of the Book, on the condition that they be chaste. The chaste ones among those who were given the Scripture are those who are chaste, meaning those who abstain from unlawful sexual intercourse. So if she is chaste from unlawful sexual intercourse, it is permissible for a Muslim to marry her by the text of the Qur'an,
and the food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you and your food is lawful for them
وَطَعَامُ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ حِلٌّ لَّكُمْ وَطَعَامُكُمْ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْThe questioner:
the chaste one.
The Shaykh:
chaste women from among the believers and chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture before you
وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْThe questioner:
He says:
The Shaykh:
Allah has permitted this, and the Christians say that al-Masih is the son of Allah at the time of the revelation of the Qur'an, and they say that Allah is the third of three at the time of the revelation of the Qur'an, and yet Allah said: Say, [marry] chaste women
from those who were given the Scripture
مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-089-مكانة العلماء وحاجة الأمة إليهم|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:44)
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