Is it permissible for a Muslim to marry a woman from the People of the Book?
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The questioner : Is it permissible for a Muslim to marry a woman from the People of the Book, and if the answer is yes, what are the conditions that must be met by the Muslim man and the woman for this marriage to take place? And finally, I offer you my sincere thanks for the service you provide to Islam and Muslims.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible for a Muslim to marry a woman from the People of the Book, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:5].
The conditions that must be met for a Muslim to marry a woman from the People of the Book are the same conditions that must be met for a Muslim to marry a Muslim woman.
As for the statement of those who say that it is a condition that he be unable to marry a Muslim woman, that is a weak statement, or his statement is weak, because Allah the Exalted did not make that condition in the marriage of women from the People of the Book. However, His saying:[Al-Ma'idah 5:5] indicates that it is more preferable for the Muslim to begin by marrying the believing women first. So he asks, and if it does not become easy for him, he marries the chaste women from those who were given the Scripture. So we begin with what Allah began with. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. A listener named Abd al-Rahman Ibrahim Ahmad from the Democratic People's Republic of Yemen says the following.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible for a Muslim to marry a woman from the People of the Book, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
This day [all] good foods have been made lawful, and the food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you and your food is lawful for them. And [lawful in marriage are] chaste women from among the believers and chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture before you, when you have given them their due compensation, desiring chastity,
الْيَوْمَ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتُ وَطَعَامُ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ حِلٌّ لَكُمْ وَطَعَامُكُمْ حِلٌّ لَهُمْ وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ إِذَا ءاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ مُحْصِنِينَ غَيْرَ مُسَافِحِينَThe conditions that must be met for a Muslim to marry a woman from the People of the Book are the same conditions that must be met for a Muslim to marry a Muslim woman.
As for the statement of those who say that it is a condition that he be unable to marry a Muslim woman, that is a weak statement, or his statement is weak, because Allah the Exalted did not make that condition in the marriage of women from the People of the Book. However, His saying:
chaste women from among the believers and chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture
وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَThe questioner : May Allah reward you. A listener named Abd al-Rahman Ibrahim Ahmad from the Democratic People's Republic of Yemen says the following.