Rights of brother who marries hindu
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
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Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
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Rights of brother who marries Hindu
You metion that marrying a mushrik amounts to zinz and under
criminal procedure person comiting the sin of zinz is stoneds to death so how
can everything else u say is relevant
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Rights
of brother who marries hindu
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Dear and
Beloved Brother in Islam, the prescribed punishment for ‘zina’ (adultery) in
Islam is indeed ‘to be stoned until death’; but that is only when the ‘zina’
(adultery) case is brought forth in a Shariah Court in an Islamic State, and
the accused is proven to have been guilty of the heinous crime within the due
process of Islamic Law. It is not as if
anyone has a right to simply go and stone to death anyone who one thinks is
guilty of ‘zina’ (adultery)!
The
brother who posed the question wanted to know the rights of a muslim man who
marries a hindu girl, and we addressed that question according to the guidance
of the Quran and the Sunnah. If the man
has declared the ‘shahaadah’ or testimony of faith and subsequently he marries
a pagan girl without her reversion to Islam, indeed he would be guilty of
living a life of ‘zina’ in the sight of Allah Subhanah; but that would not in
any way effect the man’s statuary rights as a muslim in any way. Unless and until the man himself declares
unbelief in Islam and declares himself an apostate, he will be regarded as a
‘legal’ muslim in the sight of Islamic Law; and all the rights that are due to
a believer will be accorded to him in full.
Allah
Subhanah, in His Infinite and Sublime Mercy, has left the doors of Taubah and
repentance open for each individual until one meets with his appointment of
death. It may be that the brother recognizes
his error before his death and turns to Allah Subhanah in sincere Taubah and
seeks forgiveness, or it may be that his pagan ‘wife’ may accept Islam and The
Forgiving and Merciful Lord envelopes them in His Infinite Mercy and Grace.
Our duty
is to only to guide and warn the brother of the consequences as prescribed in
the Quran and the Sunnah regarding his deed, and implore him to fear Allah and
turn back to Him in sincere Taubah. To
accept or reject guidance is a decision each individual has to make himself,
and none other than the individual would be responsible for it in the Just and
Supreme Court of Allah Subhanah.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone
Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan