{"id":1958,"date":"2019-09-17T11:31:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T09:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themufti.com\/?p=1958"},"modified":"2019-09-17T11:31:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T09:31:41","slug":"can-muslims-marry-hindus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/?p=1958","title":{"rendered":"Can Muslims marry Hindus?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Can Muslims marry Hindus?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Q. My sister is a Muslim and she has fallen in love with a Hindu man. Can my sister marry a Hindu man? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A.<\/strong> At the outset, it should be understood that premarital relationships are totally prohibited in Islam. Abundant Taubah and Istighfaar should be made if one was involved in such a sin as it draws the wrath and anger of Allah Ta\u2019ala.<\/p>\n<p>As far the marriage of a Muslim with a Hindu is concerned, it is not permissible for Muslims to marry Hindus unless they accept Islam. Allah Ta\u2019ala mentions:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not marry unbelieving women until they believe\u201d <strong>(2\/221)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, if a Muslim marries a Hindu, the marriage will be unlawful and invalid according to Shariah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Allah Ta\u2019ala Knows Best<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mufti Ismaeel Bassa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>themufti.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can Muslims marry Hindus? Q. My sister is a Muslim and she has fallen in love with a Hindu man. Can my sister marry a Hindu<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,67,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aqidah","category-laws-of-women","category-nikah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1959,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958\/revisions\/1959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}