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Nikah (Marriage) - Talaaq (Divorce) The Majlis Vol 27 No 12, p.18

Could you please guide me in the following matter: My sister has three children.

Question

Could you please guide me in the following matter: My sister has three children. She is married to a Moulana who is a graduate of Dabel in Gujrat. He also completed his hifz in Gujrat. The said Moulana performed the marriage of his son (my nephew) to a lady who is a Taoist, who refused to convert to Islam and remains a Taoist. He claims that that such a marriage is permitted, even though we believe otherwise. This union produced a child. Last year he married his daughter to a Christian man who also refused to embrace Islam. Initially, we agreed to attend the wedding but after being advised to boycott the unIslamic event, we did not attend. This caused a major rift in the family. My sister felt insulted that we refused to attend her daughter's wedding and in response, she completely severed her relationship with all her siblings and her mother. After four months she made limited contact with her siblings through social media, but she has not yet come to meet her mother. Not even during Ramadhan or Eid. She and her husband, the Moulana, wants us to apologize to them, for not attending their daughter's wedding. The Moulana claims we created the "elephant" in the room, so we must apologize and fix that, before they are willing to make peace with us. Please advise on the following: 1. How should we treat my sister and the Moulana. 2. Should my mother go to visit her? 3. What is the Islamic status of someone who believes that such marriages are permissible? 4. How should we treat my nephew and niece who chose to marry non Muslims and regard it as permissible? 5. Are we allowed to socialize with them, to maintain family unity?

Answer

Before answering the questions it will be salutary to proffer the evidences of the Shariah on which will be based the answers.

Allah Ta'ala states in the Qur'aan Majeed:

"O People of Imaan! Do not take your fathers and your brothers as friends if they prefer kufr over Imaan. Those from among you who befriend them, verily they are Zaalimoon."

(At-Taubah, Aayat 23)

"Say (O Muhammad to them): 'If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your family, the wealth you have earned, the business in which you fear a loss and your houses with which you are so fond are more beloved to you than Allah, His Rasool and Jihad in the Path of Allah, then wait for the command of Allah (His Punishment) to come. And, Allah does not guide people who are Faasiqeen (flagrant/rebellious sinners)."

(At-Taubah, Aayat 24)

"You will not find people who believe in Allah and the Last Day befriending those who oppose Allah and His Rasool even if they are their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their family. They (who do not befriend the opponents of Allah) are the ones in whose hearts Imaan is embedded, and Allah helps them with His mercy. He will admit them into Gardens below which flow rivers wherein they shall dwell forever. Allah is well pleased with them and they are well pleased with Him. They are the Party (Hizb) of Allah. Behold! Verily the Party of Allah will be successful."

(Al-Mujaadalah, Aayat 22)

"Do not return them (Muslim women) to the kuffaar.

They (Muslim women) are not lawful for them (i.e.

for kuffaar men) nor are they (kuffaar men) lawful for Muslim women."

(Al-Mumtahinah, Aayat 10)

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Appears under MARRIAGE OF A MUSLIM WOMAN TO A KAAFIR IS NEVER EVER VALID (approximate).

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