Hindu, Muslim marriage; how to get over cultural barriers?
Hi,
I am 22 years old Hindu girl and my boyfriend is 29 years old Muslim man. He was forced to marry from his mother but he is unhappy and so her wife both are going for divorce. Any way my issue is; my parents are currently seeing guys for me and found many. I didn't want to run away and get married to my boyfriend and upset my parents. Another problem is our culture barrier which I am afraid when he will ask my hand how will my parents react? I need advice on it, I wanted to make my parents happy so has my love of my life.
Angel sspice.
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Salaams,
A marriage between a Hindu female and a Muslim male would not be Islamically valid. According to Islam, Muslim men may only marry other Muslim women or women who are "people of the book", which includes Jews and Christians. Since Hinduism is a polytheistic religion, marrying a Hindu lady would be forbidden to a Muslim man.
I am sorry that the person you are referencing in your post is unhappy in his current marriage. He should be working that out on his own and not taking "girlfriends", which is also forbidden in Islam. Men and women are only to associate if already related, or if for the express purpose of getting married--and this must be done under supervision of other adults. Based on what you are posting, I don't see any way your current relationship could, or should, move forward.
However, I would suggest that you look into Islam more, if only for understanding it better when these type of situations arise in the future and knowing how you might be able to respond appropriately. If you feel that Islam is calling you to it's Truth, then if you answer that call you will find that more opportunities will become available for you as far as being able to marry Muslim men.
-Amy
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This is to author of this post only , my comment will be pessimist , though I'm not but I wanna share reality of this marriage .
Look its good but let me get u into reality it u live in india this might be very difficult if your parents don't agree
I mean u have fanatic right wing groups over there which will endanger your muslim boy friend life , if ur father / anyone tell them ( its very easy to contact them , for those who know india )
Secondly , if u run away ur father might also put a FIR with the police and again endanger your boy friend life
Lastly , the only way is that if u and ur boyfriend both can convince each other parent it might open a new chapter