{"fatawa":{"id":11192,"title":"Ruling on a Sunni woman marrying an Ismaili","slug":"ruling-on-a-sunni-woman-marrying-an-ismaili","order":"","question":"<p>I have a question on which lifes of two people depends. I will  appreciate deeply from my heart if you could answer this question. And i  will be really gald if u keep my name confidential. A friend of mine  very deeply loves this guy. Now the problem is the girl is sunni and the  guy is ismaili. I would i to know if it is possible for them to get  married or does their sects matter that much even though they are both  muslim and belief in Allah? .<\/p>","answer":"<div class=\"list-group-item-text ftwa-single-answer font-nrmal\"><span class=\"line_height\">\r\n<p>Praise be to Allaah.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>It is not permissible for this woman to marry            this Ismaili man, because the Ismailis are heretics who are beyond the            pale of Islam.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>The scholars said concerning their madhhab            (school of thought): &ldquo;It is a way which outwardly is Raafidi but inwardly            conceals pure kufr&hellip;&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Ibn al-Jawzi said: &ldquo;What they say is a denial            of the Creator and of Prophethood and of the acts of worship, and denial            of the resurrection. But they do not manifest this openly at the beginning.            Rather they claim that Allaah is true and that Muhammad is the Messenger            of Allaah, and that the religion is true. But they say that these concepts            have a hidden meaning which differs from the apparent meaning. Iblees            has deceived them and has made their way attractive to them.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Similar rulings were applied to other groups            besides the Ismailis who follow bid&rsquo;ah and who were deemed to be kaafirs,            such as the Nusayris and the Raafidis. So it is not permitted to marry            any of them, or for them to marry any of the Muslims.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>It was narrated that Talhah ibn Musarrif (may            Allaah have mercy on him) said: &ldquo;The women of the Raafidis should not            be married, because they are apostates.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Shaykh al-Islam (Ibn Taymiyah) said in his            discussion of the extreme views of the Raafidis and of the Nusayris            and Ismailis concerning &lsquo;Ali, that all of these kuffaar are worse kaafirs            than the Jews and Christians. If one of them does not make an open display            of that, then he is one of the munaafiqeen (hypocrites) who will be            in the lowest level of Hell, and those who do make an open display of            that are the worst of the kaafirs in kufr. And he said: it is not permitted            to marry their women, because they are apostates and are the worst kind            of apostates.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Concerning the Nusayris he said: the scholars            are agreed that it is not permitted to intermarry with them, or for            a man to marry his female relative to one of them, or to marry one of            their women.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Mutawaatir reports from the righteous salaf            indicate that it is forbidden for a Muslim woman from among Ahl al-Sunnah            to marry someone from among the followers of bid&rsquo;ah who has been judged            to be a kaafir, and that this type of marriage is null and void.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>See <em>Mawqif Ahl al-Sunnah wa&rsquo;l-Jamaa&rsquo;ah            min Ahl al-Ahwaa &lsquo;wa&rsquo;l-Bida&rsquo;<\/em> by Dr. Ibraaheem al-Raheeli, 1\/377-380&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>And <em>Al-Taqreeb bayna Ahl al-Sunnah wa&rsquo;l-Shee&rsquo;ah<\/em>,            by. Dr. al-Qaffaari, 1\/152&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>On this basis, it is not permissible for this            Muslim woman to marry this man, because he is not a Muslim, even if            he claims to be, as was stated above concerning their madhhab. She should            not continue thinking of this haraam matter. And Allaah knows best.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/span><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"padding: 3px; padding-right: 6px; text-align: right;\">Islam Q&amp;A <br \/> Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid<\/div>","status":1,"created_at":"2015-04-13T20:51:59.000000Z","updated_at":"2015-04-13T20:51:59.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":43,"parent_id":11191,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0646\u0643\u062d\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0637\u0644\u0629","category_slug":"","get_date":"2015-04-13"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/11192"}