Is it permissible for a Muslim man who committed unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman from the People of the Book and then repented to marry her?
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The questioner : Among the things, a man wants to have a marriage contract drawn up for him. He is living with a woman from the People of the Book and committing the crime of unlawful sexual intercourse with her, or not praying, or being late, or consuming forbidden things and other such matters. Then he repents to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), saying so, and wants to marry her. Is it permissible for him to marry her? And if it is permissible: what is obligatory for him so that marriage with this woman from the People of the Book becomes lawful for him?
The Shaykh : I think you are afflicted with the disease of jumping around. Why did you not stay with your first question: Is it permissible for a Muslim today to marry a woman from the People of the Book? After that, if the path opens for you to jump like a gazelle and ask about that open sinner who was living with this disbeliever in a life of what do they call it? A life of concubinage—yes—then that question comes. But I think you will not need it and will be relieved of directing such a question if you know my answer to the question you deviated from:
I draw attention, first of all, to the verse to which the scholars of the Muslims who say—and truly say—that it is permissible for a Muslim to marry a woman from the People of the Book refer. When they say this word, they do not intend its absolute and unrestricted meaning, but rather they mean the general sense...
The Shaykh : I think you are afflicted with the disease of jumping around. Why did you not stay with your first question: Is it permissible for a Muslim today to marry a woman from the People of the Book? After that, if the path opens for you to jump like a gazelle and ask about that open sinner who was living with this disbeliever in a life of what do they call it? A life of concubinage—yes—then that question comes. But I think you will not need it and will be relieved of directing such a question if you know my answer to the question you deviated from:
I draw attention, first of all, to the verse to which the scholars of the Muslims who say—and truly say—that it is permissible for a Muslim to marry a woman from the People of the Book refer. When they say this word, they do not intend its absolute and unrestricted meaning, but rather they mean the general sense...
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