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Non-Muslim Woman: Should You Marry a Muslim Man?

20 Jun 2009 11:30 AM

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Non-Muslim Woman: Should You Marry a Muslim Man?

20 Jun 2009 11:27 AM

To: OnceuponaMuslim,

You erred in your writing by comparing wife to mother in the sense you comment. The actual comparison was to immediate family, by blood, and specific to Father, Mother, siblings, uncles, grandparent and the like. Please note the following, which is copy and paste.

"And your Lord has commanded that you shall not serve (any) but Him, and goodness to your parents. If either or both of them reach old age with you, say not to them (so much as) "Ugh" nor chide them, and speak to them a generous word. And make yourself submissively gentle to them with compassion, and say: O my Lord! Have compassion on them, as they brought me up (when I was) little." Noble Qur'an (17:23-24)

Again Noble Qur'an says:

And We have enjoined man in respect of his parents - his mother bears him with faintings upon faintings and his weaning takes two years - saying: Be grateful to Me and to both your parents; to Me is the eventual coming. And if they contend with you that you should associate with Me what you have no knowledge of, do not obey them, and keep company with them in this world kindly, and follow the way of him who turns to Me, then to Me is your return, then will I inform you of what you did. Noble Qur'an (31:14-15)

In Islam every day is Mother's Day (Status of Mother in Islam)

One day a man came to see the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny. It seemed that he was trying to solve something but couldn't quite work it out. So he asked the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny. "Tell me, O Prophet of Allah! I have many relatives and many friends whom I love, and whom I wish to care for and help. But I often find it difficult to decide which of them has the greatest claim upon me? Which of them should come first?" The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny replied immediately, "Your mother should come first and before all others."

The man was very pleased to have this clear guidance from the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny. But of course there were all his other relatives and his friends, so he asked again: "And after my mother, who has the greatest claim upon me?" The Prophet Muhammad's, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny reply this second time surprised him. "Your mother!" he said again.

The man wondered why the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny was repeating himself. Perhaps he had not spoken clearly, the man thought, so he asked the question again, "What I want to know is, after my mother, who has the greatest claim upon me? Again the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny said "your mother!"

Your mother, your mother, your mother!

The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny had now said it three times. Slowly, the man realized why he had done so. The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny means that my mother is extremely important, so much so that my duty to her must be stressed over and over again. Even so, the man's thoughts ran on, "what about all the others I love and wish to care for?" Still uncertain and wanting to know more, he once again turned to the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny and said, "and after my mother, who comes after her? Is there anyone besides her?" The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny then replied "after your mother, your father." And then? asked the man. "Then people who are nearest to you," said the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny.

In universal religion Islam, mother has three times more rights over her off springs than their father because of her significant and crucial role in their birth, brought-up and home education.

In another hadith the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny has said: "Paradise lies at the feet of mothers." In other words Paradise awaits those who cherish and respect their mothers.

The Muslim mother has consequently a great feeling of security about the type of care and consideration she can expect from her children when she reaches old age. As the verse of Noble Qur'an quoted above indicates, thankfulness to parents is linked with thankfulness to Allah, and a failure in either of these respects is indeed a major failure in one's religious duties.

The principles of Islam made explicit in Noble Qur'an and hadith are belief and good conduct, and good conduct begins at home with one's closest relatives. A Westerner who has had close contact with a Muslim society cannot fail to be struck by the love and respect given to parents and the honour shown to old people in general, both men and women, as a direct application of these principles of Islam.

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Non-Muslim Woman: Should You Marry a Muslim Man?

03 Apr 2008 01:21 PM

To DIMENSION: Be content that Judaism, Christianity and Islam all advocate that every CHILD if dies as a child will go to paradise, even those people who claim that mankind is born in sin;so you need not worry, and your mom can relax, for if your child dies while a child he will go to paradise and if he grows into adulthood he will decide what faith he choose to follow at that time. Worry less, and I wish you well and peace.

Non-Muslim Woman: Should You Marry a Muslim Man?

03 Apr 2008 01:05 PM

Though you did not address this part, while Muslim men are allowed to marry Christian and Jewish Women, no Christian, nor Jewish person, man or woman, are allowed to marry to any Muslim, male or female. It is fundamental tenants of both Christianity and Judaism, that such a marriage is to be disallowed, holding on the old addage, about people being 'unequally yoked.' This position has been held and is followed and enforced by every Catholic Pope, Bishop, Cardinal and priest in the Catholic Church, every Rabbi and Cantor in Judaism, and is advocated by the Revereneds Jimmy Swaggart, Pat Robertson, Oral Roberts, Billy Graham and all prominent leaders of the Protestant Church, this very day. So while the children of Muslim-nonmuslim marriages is raised in Islam the woman is allowed to freely practice her faith and is to be treated with respect and is required to be given a marriage gift in the same manner as a Muslim woman prior to the wedding be she Christian or Jewish. This is made clear in the Holy Qur'an, Chapter 5, Verse 5, what can be translated out of Arabic meaning:

This day are (all) things good and pure made lawful unto you. The food of the People of the Book is lawful unto you and yours is lawful unto them. (Lawful unto you in marriage) are (not only) chaste women who are believers, but chaste women among the People of the Book, revealed before your time,- when ye give them their due dowers, and desire chastity, not lewdness, nor secret intrigues if any one rejects faith, fruitless is his work, and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual good).

Alyawma ohilla lakumu alttayyibatu wataAAamu allatheena ootoo alkitaba hillun lakum wataAAamukum hillun lahum waalmuhsanatu mina almuminati waalmuhsanatu mina allatheena ootoo alkitaba min qablikum itha ataytumoohunna ojoorahunna muhsineena ghayra musafiheena wala muttakhithee akhdanin waman yakfur bialeemani faqad habita AAamaluhu wahuwa fee alakhirati mina alkhasireena

Christians are not allowed to marry non-christians and Jews are not allowed to marry non-jews and neither are allowed to marry Muslims, and the only way a Muslim can marry if by conversion. Finally, there is something to be said of Islam and its teachings about Christians and Jews because while both are told in their faith emphatically and clearly that all Muslims are nonbelievers, unequal, not to be married and destined for hell fire the Holy Qur'an says of Christians and Jews [People of the Book]: Chapter 3, Verses 112 thru 114:

112:Not all of them are alike: of the people of the Book are a portion that stand (For the right): they rehearse the Signs of Allah all night long, and they prostrate themselves in adoration

113:They believe in Allah and the Last Day; they enjoin what is right, and forbid what is wrong; and they hasten (in emulation) in (all) good works: They are in the ranks of the righteous

114:Of the good that they do, nothing will be rejected of them; for Allah knoweth well those that do right