Clarification on Jain Issue
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:
dear bro burhan,
assalamu'alaikum
wa rahmatullahi wa'barakatohu,
may this mail find
you in the best of eemaan, taqwa & wellbeing.
in
i would request
you to enlighten her in this regard as well with hikmat as allah has bestowed
you with masha'allah. jazakallah khair.
wassalam wa fi
amanallah,
ur brother in islam,
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Answer:
Clarification on Jain Issue
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.
This statement is from the original letter: I am a 31 yrs old
woman Bohra and in the community. I am married to an outsider (Jain) man for
the last few years. He had to go thru a lot of
trials and tribulations inorder to marry me..eg. learn the namaaz,
do misaq, attend mosques and he still keeps on doing the necessary since my
parents are in the same town and he wants to keep everybody happy.
It is
indeed true that Allah Subhanah has forbidden the believing woman from marrying
people of other faith, unless they
believe. The sister who wrote this
letter was married to this man from the Jain community, who had accepted Islam, learnt the prayer, attended mosques,
etc. Thus, as soon as any person declares the
testification of faith, he will be
deemed a legal muslim; and all the
rights that are due to a muslim brother,
will be accorded to him;
including being able to marry a believing woman.
Now
whether the person who has declared the testification of faith, declared it from his heart, or only verbally to be able to legally marry
a muslim woman is not something we, as
human beings, are allowed to determine. This decision whether he really believed
from his heart or not, will be made by
Allah Subhanah on the Day of Judgment.
Once someone declares the ‘shahaadah’,
he will be recognized as a believer,
and all the rights due to a muslim will be accorded to him. Thus her marriage was perfectly legal in
the sight of Shariah; if the husband
only said the ‘shahaadah’ verbally and did not really believe nor practice the
faith of Islam, he will have to account
for his deeds in the Court of Allah Subhanah.
Allah
Subhanah has not given the believers the power, nor the right to look into the hearts of other believers, and determine their real intentions; that Right is with Allah Subhanah Alone.
Your Statement: which is regarding that marriage of a believing woman to other than the people of the book is forbidden in islam.
Beloved
brother, Allah Subhanah has permitted
the believing woman, who sincerely
believe in Allah and the Last Day, to
marry only the believers!
Men from all other faiths,
including the People of the Book,
are forbidden for a believing woman to marry, unless they accept Islam.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 221
(part):Do not wed your women to ‘mushrik’ men,
unless they believe.
But
Allah Subhanah has given permission to the believing men, if they wish to do so, to marry chaste and righteous woman from
among the People of the Book, without
them converting to Islam.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah Maidah verse 5:Likewise you are permitted to marry
believing chaste women, and chaste
women from among the people of the Book (Jews and Christians), provided that you give them their due ‘mahr’
and desire chastity, not lewdness, nor
sected intrigues.
Your Brother in
Islam,
Burhan
Wister