The Formal Marriage Contract to Exit Lands of Disbelief
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to enter into a formal marriage contract, meaning one that is not established with a woman living in lands of disbelief, in order to allow her to leave these lands and escape with her religion?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to play with the marriage contract in a farcical or fraudulent manner; this is not permissible. If he finds a way other than this, there are embassies, there are Islamic centers, there are Muslim minorities. Yes, he should consult them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to enter into a formal marriage contract, meaning one that is not established with a woman living in lands of disbelief, in order to allow her to leave these lands and escape with her religion?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to play with the marriage contract in a farcical or fraudulent manner; this is not permissible. If he finds a way other than this, there are embassies, there are Islamic centers, there are Muslim minorities. Yes, he should consult them. Yes.
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شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من : الوجه الثامن : أن النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - قال : إنما الأعمال بالنيات وإنما لكل امرىء ما نوى — islamhouse.com (50:24)
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