The status of a Christian wife who remains Christian after her husband converts to Islam
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a Christian man converts to Islam, and his wife remains Christian and does not convert, does she remain in his marriage?
Answer:
Yes, because Allah has permitted the marriage of the People of the Book,[Al-Ma'idah 5:5].
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a Christian man converts to Islam, and his wife remains Christian and does not convert, does she remain in his marriage?
Answer:
Yes, because Allah has permitted the marriage of the People of the Book,
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 قَبْلِكُمْ
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما يذكر في رد المنكوحة بالعيب — islamhouse.com (56:32)
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