Social Matters >> Nikah (Marriage)
Question ID: 20296Country: India
Answer ID: 20296Posted on: Aug 29, 2020
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 360/254/L=1431)
Nikah of a Muslim with non-Muslim is not lawful. Almighty Allah says in the holy Quran:
و لا تنكحوا المشركات حتى يومن الآية
Wed not idolatresses till they believe. [1:221]
However, if she accepts the truth of Islam and accepts Islam wholeheartedly, then a Muslim can marry her.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India