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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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It is preferable to limit marriage to Muslim women

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Question: I want to marry a young woman who is not fully committed to Islam, and this is the custom in other Islamic countries. Is it obligatory for me to set conditions for her before marriage? And what are they?

Answer: The important thing is that she be a Muslim. If she is a Muslim who worships Allah alone and is not a disbeliever, then the second matter can be corrected, such as the presence of sin or the like. This can be corrected unless she is not chaste, but rather a fornicator, in which case you must not marry her. This is because Allah has made it a condition in marriage that she be chaste
chaste women from among the believers and chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture before youوَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ
[Al-Ma'idah: 5]. She must be chaste, meaning modest. If she is modest and a Muslim, then the correction of her faults will take place thereafter, if Allah wills. Her defects will be corrected after that.
If you set conditions on her regarding staying in the home, serving him, fulfilling his rights, and the like, for the sake of clarification and emphasis, there is nothing wrong with it. But the most important thing is that she be a Muslim. The marriage of a Muslim to a disbeliever is not valid, but rather invalid. However, there is nothing wrong with marrying a chaste woman from the People of the Book, whether Jewish or Christian, provided she is chaste. But leaving it alone is preferable, and limiting oneself to Muslim women is more preferable and more preferable, especially in this age. For they draw the husband to their religion and drag their children to their religion. They are strong now, and many men are weak with women, so there is fear of danger for them in that. He should seek a good, chaste Muslim wife, be content with that, and beware of others.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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