{"fatawa":{"id":9245,"title":"Ruling on marrying a woman who has no religion","slug":"ruling-on-marrying-a-woman-who-has-no-religion","order":"","question":"<p>Is it permissible for a Muslim man to marry       a woman who professes no faith or \"deen\" at all -- an \"agnostic\"?<\/p>","answer":"<div class=\"list-group-item-text ftwa-single-answer font-nrmal\"><span class=\"line_height\">\r\n<p>Praise be to Allaah.<\/p>\r\n<p>This is not permitted at all, because Allaah says     (interpretation of the meaning): <em>&ldquo;&hellip; they are not lawful (wives) for the     disbelievers nor are the disbelievers lawful (husbands) for them&hellip;&rdquo;     [al-Mumtahinah 60:10].<\/em> An exception is made in the case of chaste women of the People     of the Book (Jews and Christians), because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): <em>&ldquo;(Lawful     to you in marriage) are &hellip; and chaste women from those who were given the Scripture     (Jews and Christians) before your time&hellip;&rdquo; [al-Maa&rsquo;idah 5:5].<\/em> And Allaah     knows best.<\/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":"2015-02-02T21:51:58.000000Z","updated_at":"2015-02-02T21:51:58.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":36,"parent_id":9244,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"\u0639\u0642\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0643\u0627\u062d","category_slug":"","get_date":"2015-02-02"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/9245"}