Hindu girl marrying a Muslim boy
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Hello
I am a Hindu girl, in love with a muslim boy. We have decided to be each other as life partners. Fortunately i have been brought up in a family where all religion has been given respect and believed. We have the Haaj monument in our prayer room and before any of us leave the house for a long duration my mom gives us a drop of the haaj water making us facing the north. So in short what i want to say is that we believe and respect all religion. I personally don't believe in idol worship but one thing which i follow is giving water to Lord Shiva since i had been taught since childhood. Now as i am with this wonder muslim boy, and it's a duty of a girl walking into any house to adopt the culture and traditions of the boys family i am very glad to expect all the traditions and ways of his family. Which will include Naamaz, knowing the religion in depth, keeping ramzan and every religious aspects, i shall happily follow it. My question is- is it possible to even continue praying the Hindu Gods and believing in Allah? I always presumed God to be one and we humans to have given his different name and we Hindu and Chirstains to have given different faces. I have never differentiated between Gods. It is not possible to pray every religion God if i get married to the muslim boy. I have spoken to him about it, and he seems fine when i told him that i would follow all traditions of his house, but i also requested him to not to tie me down from believing other religion weather it's my Hindu, Sikh, Christain or even Buddisim. We have been a follower of a buddist monk since my childhood. I even wear a buddist ring being a Hindu. We go to dargah to give chadars and pray and have also attended mass. Will this attitude of mine be expected, or will i get pressured to change my thoughts and believes or not been expected at all. We are simple humans with simple believes. Then why so much complications? I wish i could communicated with God to ask, and for some reason i feel he would have told me that it's not his doing to have made world such an complicated place. I really want to be with this boy, i love him a lot and vice versa.I will never force him to embrace any other religion if he doesnt want to, but i will follow what he and his family wants be to but not disbelive in other religions either.
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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 none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Sister, our humble advice is not to be in haste and commit to marry this Muslim boy. You will be putting yourself and him (who you profess to love a lot) in a huge trial wherein the surety is that all your castles will collapse, like in a dream.
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. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and well wisher in Islam,
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