He Claims To Be A Muslim But He Does Not Practise Islam At All; However, He Is Prepared To Learn – Can She Marry Him?
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can i marry a man who does not know any aspect
of islam. his parents are muslim but they never
bothered to teach him religion,they kept islam upto
them but he himself is a very humble person and i have
experienced that if myself or any body else will try
to explain him the teachings of islam,he will galdly
hear it and inshallah he will also let those teachings
to enter his life. i have strong believe in religion i
am not very religious but i try my best to follow
islam.i love him very much and i believe that after
marring him i can easily bring him on the right path
on which i am inshallah.
Praise be to Allaah.
We put the following question to Shaykh Muhammad ibn
Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen:
There is a Muslim woman who has received a proposal of
marriage from a man who claims to be a Muslim but he
does not practise Islam at all –because he is ignorant
about it. But he says that he is prepared to learn and
practise. Can she marry him or not?
His answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
If he bears witness that there is no god except Allaah
and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah, then he
is a Muslim, and it is permissible for her to marry
him. And Allaah knows best.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen:
Husband And Wife Converted
Together; Do They Need To Do A New Marriage Contract?
Some Muslims made da'wah to call a family,
consisting of a husband and wife, to Islam. They
embraced Islam and came together to the Islamic centre
to declare their Islam. Do they have to do a new
marriage contract or not?
Praise be to Allaah.
Ibn Qudaamah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
"Chapter Three: if the husband and wife become Muslim
together, then they keep their original marriage
contract, whether this happens before the marriage is
consummated or after. There is no dispute among the
scholars on this matter, praise be to Allaah.
Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr mentioned that there is scholarly
consensus on the matter. The reason is that there is
no difference of religion between the spouses. Abu
Dawood reported from Ibn ‘Abbaas that a man came to
declare his Islam at the time of the Messenger of
Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him),
then his wife came to declare her Islam. [The man]
said: ‘O Messenger of Allaah, she became Muslim when I
did.' So the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) returned her to him."
(al-Mughni, part 7, Ahkaam al-Nikaah).
On the basis of the above, their original marriage
contract is sufficient, and there is no need for them
to do a new one. And Allaah knows best.
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