The Condition of a Christian Woman Being Married and Prohibiting Her from Committing Evils
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, Allah has permitted [marriage to] women of the People of the Book, but are there conditions that have been reported requiring her to be a married woman (muhsanah)? What if she wants to go to the church, drink intoxicants, display her adornment, mix freely with men, eat pork, and the like?
Answer:
These are evils. Even if a Muslim woman disobeys her husband and commits evils, he has the right to prevent her. How much more so with a woman of the People of the Book? The husband has the right to prevent her from these evils. He prevents her. If she refuses, he divorces her, because she is not fit to be his wife while she is committing these forbidden acts. Yes, this falls under the category of forbidding evil. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, Allah has permitted [marriage to] women of the People of the Book, but are there conditions that have been reported requiring her to be a married woman (muhsanah)? What if she wants to go to the church, drink intoxicants, display her adornment, mix freely with men, eat pork, and the like?
Answer:
These are evils. Even if a Muslim woman disobeys her husband and commits evils, he has the right to prevent her. How much more so with a woman of the People of the Book? The husband has the right to prevent her from these evils. He prevents her. If she refuses, he divorces her, because she is not fit to be his wife while she is committing these forbidden acts. Yes, this falls under the category of forbidding evil. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 50 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الرضاع|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:06:27)
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