Marry shia
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa
Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
ASLAMA ALAIKUM I WANT TO ASK U I M IN LOVE
WITH A GUY WHO IS SHIYA BUT I M SUNNI SO CAN U TELL ME CAN I MARRY WITH HIM WHO
IS SHIYA AND CAN U TELL ME A GIRL WHO IS SUNNI CAN SHE MARRY A GUY WHO IS NON
MUSLIM OR SHIYA OR AHAMDI TELL ME AS SOON AS POSSOBLE PLEASE I M WAITING
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Answer:
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.
Your Questions: CAN U TELL ME A GIRL WHO IS SUNNI CAN SHE
MARRY A GUY WHO IS NON MUSLIM OR SHIYA OR AHAMDI
Any person who verbally declares belief in Allah and in
Prophet Mohamed (saws) being the Last and Final Messenger of Allah will be
regarded as a legal muslim in the sight of Shariah, and all the rights accorded
to a believer will be accorded to him in full: he can marry amongst the
believers, he may visit the Sacred House of Allah, he will be given a muslim
burial, he will inherit from his muslim parents, his children will inherit from
him, etc.
The people who claim to follow the ‘Shia’ school of
thought believe in Allah and in Prophet Mohamed (saws) as the Last and Final
Messenger of Allah; thus they will regarded as legal believers in the sight of
Shariah, and their marriage to a believing woman will be considered absolutely
valid and legal in Shariah.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 221: Do not marry unbelieving women until they
believe; a slave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman even
though she allure you. Nor marry
(your girls) to unbelievers until they believe: a man slave who
believes is better than un unbeliever even though he allure 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.
In light of the above Aayah of Surah Baqarah it would not
be permissible for a believing woman to marry any non-believer until he
believes.
Although the Ahmadis profess belief in Allah, they profess belief
in the advent of another prophet (Ghulam Ahmad Qadhiani) after Prophet Mohamed
(saws); thus their belief in a false prophet would take them out of the fold of
Islam and they will be considered non-muslims in the sight of Shariah. All the laws that apply to non-muslims in
Shariah would apply to the Ahmadis, and thus it would not be permissible for a
believing man or a believing woman to marry amongst the Ahmadis.
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