Islamic marriage advice and family advice

I’m Catholic and my girlfriend is Sunni Muslim.

Is my marriage permissible?

We have been dating for 4 years now, and are planning to get married in another 3 years (Insha'Allah) but we both agree not to change religions (vice versa). How can we make it work?

Vpham.


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  1. VPham,

    A Muslim woman is not permitted to marry anyone but a Muslim. So if she does marry you, according to worldly law, she will be committing a major sin(fornication) as she will not be married in Gods Law. The woman you are dating does not seem to be close to her faith, otherwise she would not be ready to marry you. Having said this, even those who are not practising Islam properly, usually start researching their faith when they have children because they want them to be brought up as Muslims. This usually causes major problems between the couple.

    If you both choose to ignore your faiths, your marriage may work in this 'world'. But it is a major sin and I hope you will guide your Muslim girlfriend to this fact or to this website to awaken her faith inside her. Maybe she will appreciate you if you do and you will be able to have a more honest discussion about the reality and future of your relationship.

    May our Creator guide you both to the truth and make you content with it, aameen.

    SisterZ
    IslamicAnswers.com Editor

  2. salam alaikum broda...it is not permisible for a muslim to marry a non muslim most especially a female muslim...u might sees it as normal...ds indicate a low esteem of faith from ur friend..try educating on d religous effect of such action n she wiill see d light...ma salam

  3. it is not allowed for muslim women to marry non muslim, it is given in quran. SOME scientific reason is also behind it. What is love? whatever you are doing is not love ok. such type of marriage will not be sucess.' HOW CAN I RUN THE VEHICLE IF I MIX THE WATER WITH OIL"...........

    • You are right, it is forbidden for Muslim women to marry non-Muslim men, but it is not due to a scientific reason.

      SisterZ
      IslamicAnswers.com Editor

  4. Vpham bruv,

    Muslim girls/women are only allowed to marry Muslim boys/men. Please do not marry her for the sake of love coz at the end of the day nothing is greater than Allah (swt). Please learn about Islam. May Allah (swt) guide her as well as yourself to straight path- ameen.

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    Parveen

  5. There will be no such problems between a Muslim husband, and a non Muslim wife, because if this wife tried to teach her kids to love and believe in her prophet, her Muslim husband will not refuse that because he already believes in her prophet and all prophets. This is why Islam allows the marriage between Muslim man and non-Muslim woman, and forbids the marriage between Muslim woman, and non-Muslim man. Because Islam respects the marital relationship and wants to guarantee its stability, not because it respects men, and disrespects women …

  6. Salam,
    you are doing a very wrong thing it is haram. No you are not at all allowed to marry a man of another religion. If he really loves you and if he really wants to marry you he would become a muslim then , and only then it is allowed, and what you are doing is very bad.

    Salam,

  7. If you really love her and would like to marry her, then you need to start learning about HER. Her religion, her culture and her traditions. Then, you will find that you have to be the one who converts and become one with her according to sinat allah wa rasoulou.
    This is the only way that both of you can be together.

  8. Dear brother,I see dat u carry abt her,about the religion more than her maybe,dats why ur asking about tht here! Brother, evrbdy here said the true,its not permissibl,if she convrt to be catholic she ll commit other mistake,if she married wid catholic boy she ll commit other mistake!Brother Islam its Beautiful,Its evrthng for us muslim,if u don't mind,let me advice you,try to love islam,try to learn abot islam,u ll see how beautiful its our religion and maybe u ll convrt and take her to the good road and ALLAH ll bless u marrige and ll give ur Barakat inshALLAH! I'm telling u dat bcs I have experience and I make he love my religion,I make him admire,now I'm waitng for him and inshALLAH he ll convrt!A.aleikum w w

  9. Hello I am Mexican and i am Catholic. My wife however is Muslim. I have been having a lot of trouble with this.

    (Remainder of comment has been deleted. Jesus, if you need advice on your situation then please log in and write your question as a separate post. Thanks very much. - IslamicAnswers.com Editor)

    • @Vpham, Jesus and other non muslims reading this..

      As you have been here

      I would like to tell you about Islam

      We Muslims worship Allah - the only one GOD who created you and me and all that exists.
      The GOD of Adam, Noah , Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammed (peace be upon them) and all.

      why did Jesus(peace be upon him) the son of Mary (may Allah be pleased with her) came to this earth?
      Jesus came to teach people about ALLAH. He came to teach people to worship none but ALLAH alone without associating any partners with HIM.

      Allah says
      “And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone)”
      {Quran 51:56}
      _________________

      Allah alone deserves to be worshiped.
      HE has no father, mother, brother, sister or son.
      HE is not like us.
      There is no one like HIM.

      Allah says,

      Say, "He is Allah , [who is] One,
      "Allah-us-Samad (The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks).
      He neither begets nor is born,
      "And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him."

      (Quran 112: 1-4)
      __________________________

      what is the purpose of this life? just study, earn, marry, children and die or there is more to it?

      Do you know that this life is temporary?? and we will die and will be raised up again and there is going to be a day of judgement?

      Please Research about Islam. See how it makes sense inshaAllah.

      I want you to be saved from the hell fire and enter Heaven so I invite you to Islam.

      Here are some links for you where you can learn more about Islam inshaAllah
      -> quran(dot)come
      - > Invitation2Islaam(dot)wordpress(dot)com
      replace above (dot) by . and paste and search in your address bar
      __________________
      May Allah grant us success! May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet, his family and Companions!

    • Hello brother I do not understand why you deleted my comment. It was not another question it was a response to "vpham's" question living this my self to think wherther you think it's right or not a sin or not it's still an answer and people deserve to know that it's happen and to know the struggles that I've mentioned so plz I would like for my comment to be shown as we all respect everyone's religion it was just a sincere snswer

  10. Im catholique and my boyfriend is muslim I would whant a future with him am I allowed?

    • gisel, yes a marriage between a Muslim man and a Catholic Christian woman is allowed in Islam. Whether it's a good idea is another matter and that's for the two of you to decide.

      Wael
      IslamicAnswers.com Editor

      • But his family think we are just friends and we still dont talk about it but his an amazing man and I live his culture

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