Interfaith Marriage Between A Muslim Woman And An Atheist Man
I have watched the videos that were in English or had English subtitles (unfortunately, I don’t speak Urdu), and the scholars aren’t necessarily agreeing that interfaith marriage is forbidden. They seem to think that if an agreement is reached and that the spouse isn’t a polytheist (which I am not), then the marriage can be done. Regardless, the videos didn’t address my arguments. I believe that the forbiddance of interfaith marriage is a mistaken interpretation of Islam, as my essay explains.
Peace! This may help: https://www.exploring-islam.com/interfaithmarriage.html
To my knowlege interfaith marriage is only allowed with Christians and Jews who “believe”. The “believe” means believing in one God and not doing shirk. Thus, a Muslim cannot marry a Christian either if a Christian believes Jesus to be son of God.
Thank you for the video. I have revisited all of the verses that it lists. You claim that the Quran explicitly says to only marry a believing person. Where does it say this? (Please read my essay or Dr.shafti’s essay before answering. That way, I can avoid having to repeat arguments I’ve already made.)
Everyone here has brought up good counterarguments, and I’d like to thank you all for taking the time and effort to contribute to this thread and to consider my essay. I recognize the points you’ve brought up in opposition to my proposal, but I have counter points to those points, which I’m sure everyone would also have even more counter points too. Thus, I think this argument could potentially go on forever, and that both sides have valid perspectives. Ultimately, our disagreements in this thread are without consequence compared to the next debate I must have: the discussion I must have with my beloved. I will present to her my arguments and Dr. Shafti’s arguments, and I will show her the counter points made by all of you. I’m sure she’ll also have points of her own to make. In the end, she will either be convinced by my arguments, or not, and she will decide whether to marry me accordingly. Whatever she decides to believe, I will respect her opinion as I have respected all of yours, and if she believes it would be haram to marry me, then I will not pressure her to do so. Thank you all again for the help you’ve rendered me, and though I may not believe in him, may god bless all of you for your kindness.