Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

Does a woman who has embraced Islam remain with her Christian husband?

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question : Yes. He is speaking now. Do we return her to her family?

Answer : No, we do not return her to her family. If she has embraced Islam while married, we deal with the matter as follows: We say now, if consummation has not taken place, you have control over yourself and may marry a Muslim. If consummation has taken place, wait until the waiting period ends. If her husband embraces Islam, he is her husband; otherwise, it is established that the marriage was dissolved from the moment she embraced Islam.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2153 - 4600 هل تبقى المرأة التي أسلمت مع زوجها النصراني؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

Flag this fatwa