Marriage in the Quaran
MichaelH
Re: Marriage in the Quaran
Does any one know the passage in the Quaran where is says that a Muslim
cannot marry a non Muslim. Does it state this unambiguously in the Actual
Quaran? What did Holy Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him actually say? I
would really appreciate the Arabic plus an English translation.
I do not mean in the Hadith or rules from any other source but the Holy
Book the Quaran - and If it exists the words of Holy Prophet Muhammad
peace be upon him - on this matter.
I know there are lots of cultural rules and interpretations on this but I
want the basic facts.
wa'Salam
Michael
Amr Sabry
> cannot marry a non Muslim. Does it state this unambiguously in the Actual
Here are a couple of related verses. These are usually interpreted to
allow marriage of a Muslim man to a Christian or Jewish woman but not
vice-versa. You cannot really avoid reading about it in the Hadith as
well as reading the interpretations of others before making your
judgment:
002.221 YUSUFALI: Do not marry unbelieving women (idolaters), until
they believe: A slave woman who believes is better than an
unbelieving woman, even though she allures you. Nor marry (your
girls) to unbelievers until they believe: A man slave who believes
is better than an unbeliever, even though he allures
you. Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the Fire. But Allah
beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of bliss) and forgiveness, and
makes His Signs clear to mankind: That they may celebrate His
praise.
060.010 YUSUFALI: O ye who believe! When there come to you believing
women refugees, examine (and test) them: Allah knows best as to
their Faith: if ye ascertain that they are Believers, then send
them not back to the Unbelievers. They are not lawful (wives) for
the Unbelievers, nor are the (Unbelievers) lawful (husbands) for
them. But pay the Unbelievers what they have spent (on their
dower), and there will be no blame on you if ye marry them on
payment of their dower to them. But hold not to the guardianship
of unbelieving women: ask for what ye have spent on their dowers,
and let the (Unbelievers) ask for what they have spent (on the
dowers of women who come over to you). Such is the command of
Allah: He judges (with justice) between you. And Allah is Full of
Knowledge and Wisdom.
--Amr
Moataz H. Emam
> Does any one know the passage in the Quaran where is says that a Muslim
> cannot marry a non Muslim. Does it state this unambiguously in the Actual
> Quaran? What did Holy Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him actually say? I
> would really appreciate the Arabic plus an English translation.
[2:221] Do not marry unbelieving women (idolaters), until they believe:
A slave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even
though she allures you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers until they
believe: A man slave who believes is better than an unbeliever, even
though he allures you. Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the Fire. But
Allah beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of bliss) and forgiveness, and
makes His Signs clear to mankind: That they may celebrate His praise.
[5:5] This day are (all) things good and pure made lawful unto you. The
food of the People of the Book is lawful unto you and yours is lawful
unto them. (Lawful unto you in marriage) are (not only) chaste women who
are believers, but chaste women among the People of the Book, revealed
before your time,- when ye give them their due dowers, and desire
chastity, not lewdness, nor secret intrigues if any one rejects faith,
fruitless is his work, and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of
those who have lost (all spiritual good).
[60:10] O ye who believe! When there come to you believing women
refugees, examine (and test) them: Allah knows best as to their Faith:
if ye ascertain that they are Believers, then send them not back to the
Unbelievers. They are not lawful (wives) for the Unbelievers, nor are
the (Unbelievers) lawful (husbands) for them. But pay the Unbelievers
what they have spent (on their dower), and there will be no blame on you
if ye marry them on payment of their dower to them. But hold not to the
guardianship of unbelieving women: ask for what ye have spent on their
dowers, and let the (Unbelievers) ask for what they have spent (on the
dowers of women who come over to you). Such is the command of Allah: He
judges (with justice) between you. And Allah is Full of Knowledge and
Wisdom.
> I do not mean in the Hadith or rules from any other source but the Holy
> Book the Quaran - and If it exists the words of Holy Prophet Muhammad
> peace be upon him - on this matter.
Are you saying that Hadith and the words of Mohammed are not the same
thing?
--
Moataz H. Emam
EAC
> Here are a couple of related verses. These are usually interpreted to
> allow marriage of a Muslim man to a Christian or Jewish woman but not
> vice-versa. You cannot really avoid reading about it in the Hadith as
> well as reading the interpretations of others before making your
> judgment:
Strange, I don't see any mention that particulary allowing Christian
or Jewish woman to be married?
Are you refering to the ahli kitab (People of the Book ) thing?
Well... Ahli kitab is a general term, I think it generally means
scholars. Ahli kitab doesn't necessary have to be Christians or Jews.
Anyway. It should be noted that for example, a Christian is also a
believer and also a muslim. So marrying a Christian woman is marrying
a believing woman, and also a muslim woman.
"Moataz H. Emam" <em...@physics.umass.edu> wrote in message news:<3E6A18D5...@physics.umass.edu>...
> Are you saying that Hadith and the words of Mohammed are not the same
> thing?
Hadits are a just a collections of words that are documented, and some
of those words
There's a chance that what Muhammad actually said might be different
that some of the ones that were documented.
I agree with MichaelH, lets just use the Qur'an as the primary
reference. Even Rasulullah himself wanted us to primary use the
Qur'an.
louise roberts
love with a white christian male and want to know if it states in the qur`an
that i can not marry a non-muslim as it says that men cannot marry
unbelivers but as someone has pointed out on the board if a women belives in
god (christianity,or judaism)then is she not a beliver?does this work vice
versa?any opinions welcome thankyou louise
Abdelkarim Benoit Evans
digi...@hotmail.com (EAC) wrote:
> Strange, I don't see any mention that particulary allowing Christian
> or Jewish woman to be married?
>
> Are you refering to the ahli kitab (People of the Book ) thing?
>
> Well... Ahli kitab is a general term, I think it generally means
> scholars. Ahli kitab doesn't necessary have to be Christians or Jews.
The ahlu -lkitaab are not bookish people (scholars), they are people who
had received the Book (kitaabu -llaah, God's Book) in the past. They are
those to whom God, through a messenger-prophet send a temporal version
of the Mother of the Book (the Well-Guarded Tablet), that is, the
eternal, uncreated speech of God. They are the Christians, the Jews and
the Sabeans. The Torah (law) of Moses (peace be on him), the Gospel of
Jesus (peace be on him) and the Qur'an received by Muhammad (peace be on
him) were representations in time and space of the eternal Book revealed
by God to those whom he sent.
In suratu -nnisaa' (4:153ff), there is an unequivocal identification of
the Jews and being among the People of the Book.
"The People of the Book ask you to cause a book to come down to them
from heaven. They made an even greater demand of Moses, for they said,
'Show us Allah in public' but they were dazed by thunder and lightning
for their presemption. Yet they worshipped the calf even after clear
signs had come to them. Even so, We forgave them and gave Moses manifest
proofs of authority. (...) And we took from them a solemn covenant.
(...) They broke their covenant...and they killed prophets in defiance
of our authority. (...) They boasted that they had killed Messiah Jesus
the son of Mary and Allah's prophet...."
This is a clear reference to the whole people of Israel (the Jews) from
the time of the exodus from Egypt to the time of Jesus.
Jesus proclaimed anew (in the Gospel) the revelation of God (the Book of
God), which had aforetime been given to Moses.
It is evident that the People of the Book are the Jews and Christians in
general--who while falling into serious error--have not denied the One
True and Eternal God of Abraham.
--
Peace to all who seek God's face.
Abdelkarim Benoit Evans
Moataz H. Emam
> Well... Ahli kitab is a general term, I think it generally means
> scholars. Ahli kitab doesn't necessary have to be Christians or Jews.
What you think is immaterial. The verses in the Quran are very clear.
The words "Ahl Al Kittab" are always used in conjunction and context of
Christians and Jews.
> I agree with MichaelH, lets just use the Qur'an as the primary
> reference. Even Rasulullah himself wanted us to primary use the
> Qur'an.
If we understand the degrees of authenticity of Hadith and its
classifications, then we can use the Quran as a primary source and the
Hadith as a distant secondary source, to be used for guidance and with
much less authority than the Quran. Each of these sources has its
interpretational difficulty, but with Hadith the chance of it being
wrong in the first place complicates things.
I do no see, however, anything wrong in judging Hadiths in the light of
the Quran. Read my post:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?G3CA11FB3
--
Moataz H. Emam