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Can a Muslim marry a Roman Catholic without the person converting to Islam?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","answer":"

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Praise be to Allaah.<\/p>\r\n

If a Muslim wants to marry a Christian woman, she does not have to become Muslim first, because of the general statement in the Qur’aan (interpretation of the meaning):<\/p>\r\n

“Made lawful to you this day are . . . chaste women from those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) before your time . . .” [al-Maa’idah 5:5].<\/p>\r\n

The conditions for a non-Muslim woman to marry a Muslim man are that she should be of the People of the Book (Jewish or Christian) and that she should be chaste.<\/p>\r\n

We remind the Muslims living outside the Muslim world that they should not rush into taking such a step, and if they wish to do so, they should think long and hard, even though marrying a woman of the People of the Book is permitted in principle. There is a very real possibility of the children becoming Christian, especially in countries where the law favours the non-Muslim mother. In fact many such tragedies have occurred. We ask Allaah to guide us all and give us strength. May Allaah bless our Prophet Muhammad.<\/p>\r\n<\/span><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Islam Q&A 
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid<\/div>\r\n

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