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I’m sunni girl, and I want to marry a bhora boy.

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Assalawalaykum,

I'm a Sunni girl and I'm in love with a bhori boy.

As we are planning to get married, and to get converted in bhori, I want to know what I have to do to convert?

And does my family have to get involved in my conversion?

- shela

 

(Editor's note: The Bohras, or Dawoodi Bohras, are a branch of the Ismailis, which themselves are a breakaway sect of the Shi'ah. They have some beliefs which differ from mainstream Muslims. For example they have 7 pillars of Islam, and they combine Dhuhr and Asr prayers as well as Maghreb and 'Ishaa so that they only pray 3 times per day. Like other Ismailis, Bohras consider those who do not follow the current Imam to be non-Muslims. It has also been said that Dawoodi Bohras believe that the souls of the righteous live on in the bodies of others after death. Allah knows best. Sunni Muslim scholars have generally considered the Bohras to be outside the fold of Islam. - Wael, IslamicAnswers.com Editor)


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  1. Assalamualikum

    Dear Sister

    It's my advise to you that not to get convert in bhori as Sunni Muslim scholars have generally considered the Bohras to be outside the fold of Islam.

    If you want to marry the boy tell him to convert in Sunni.
    If he will agree then marry the boy.
    Fear almighty Allah. Keep ur life style according Quran & Sunnah.

    sarah

  2. Assalam oalaykum wr wb,.,

    Well in a laymans term they are out of folds of Islam even though they proclaim the kalimah.WHY?Because there are many things.such as this" The chief scholar of Bohras urges his followers to prostrate before him each time they visit him. Was this a practice in the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) or the Rightly Guided Caliphs? A recent photo has been published of a man prostrating to the Chief scholar of Bohras in the well-known Pakistani newspaper "Man" on 6/10/1977.etcccccc and many kufr,shirk acts which i saw from my own eyes when i was in school

    These Dawoodi,Ismaeli were originated in yemen and they were extradited from there and settled down in Gujarat and spread from there to different part of subcontinent.

    Just think onthis how can they be called as muslims..when they ask you to convert to be bohras..despite you are already a muslim!!???

    Dont you think they make another religion in the nameof Allah ???

  3. bhora's are not muslims, please dont marry to him. Why are you converting for him? Dont destroy your values and your identity.... Even you can marry to something called lower class muslim but not bohra. Many muslim boys you will get their ok... There is no such type of love what you are doing...... Be smart.
    Khuda hafiz

  4. Do not convert for love seriously!ur Guna leave ur faith for what a man??? Seriously! If that is the case I'm sorry you need to research Islam and find the real path! Once your married you will realise them there is no way out! You will have confused children who will not know anything different because ur upbringing and his will contridict and clash ...To be honest I don't know nothing about bhora sect but if it breaks away from Shirah then don't do it! I was born into a ahmadi family- I never thought there beliefs we're different or radical until. Researched islam not what there so called "hazoor" used to mention! As I grew older i found the courage to break away from living as a non believer alhumduliah after my shahdah I feel so much better following the right path! Don't put ur self into a situation were you can't get out of, my main fear was my children the growing up confused as me! It's not worth it! Marry a Sunni Muslim bring him to the right path! Trust me people are strange out there you can never do something to please anyone in this world do it for Allan only! Your lucky you don't have to struggle in finding out what's right and what's wrong so why go in the wrong path? Why? Put this guy ...love aside look at the bigger picture! This life is temporary what answers will you give to Allah!?

  5. please dont marry him . if he love u tell him to convert to islam . if he did then marry him . Gog help u .nadar from pakistan

  6. AOA
    Dear Freinds,
    lemme explain you all this all,I am a Bohra myself and we dont commit shirk or prostrate infront of our Syedna but we respect him alot(more than our own selves)Iman Bro,Its just the people who turn out astonishing things out of nothing...do not go with such people they are fake...well as for me we are good muslims and the logic behind mixing up the prayer timings is as we belong to a gujarati community which is a merchant community,it is difficult for us to leave the shops and pray 5 times...so we pray before the Kazah timings..You can marry a bohra,sister but for that being a Bohri woman is required the choice is your afterall 🙂 choose what you think suits you well...Do not go with other's suggestions or advice as marriage is the most Important decision a being ever makes in his life,so we must be Independant in choosing our partner... 🙂

  7. Mr. Abbas,

    To whom we need to approach to revert to your caste...plzzzzz advice as ua caste people said on face that there is no conversion into Bohras.....is that right? or they does not want to spread that what they are....? need urgent reply

    • I love bhori boy he told me taht he will concert in to my religion in nto sunni Muslim but hat the same time he says I'll convert but you have to practice my religion as well if my mom say to where you abaya you have to where n go to masjid.... If I m doing this much to you you can do this for me... I am not understanding I am just stuck up...

  8. @Soha

    We dawoodi bohras are well cultured and literate peoples, we respect every religions & faiths, that's why most of the non muslims symbolizes us as "peace loving muslims" .

    we dont care what others think about us we acts what quaran-e-majid teaches us and the teachings of islam, and most importantly we believes in humanity not like sunnis who bomb and kill people just bcoz someone follows different faith.

    every faith is right but with humanity in it...islam is perfect but muslims arent...hindus are more peacefull peoples compared to muslims now a days.

    and yes just becoze we think every faith is gud so no need to convert to others faith just you need to understand the human values and make your religion better...if everyone does this....this world becomes a beautiful place to live..

    @ sister shela,

    if you really love that bohra boy just move on with it may be you both understand each others faith and becomes a gud muslims..not sunni, shia etc...

    remember one thing sunni, shia, bohra..all are followers of islam and prophet mohammed, so dnt think too much...if you convert your still in the branch of islam and follower of beloved prophet.

    wassalam
    remember me in your prayers.
    - Sadique

    • Assalaamualaikam

      Just to remind everyone: The vast majority of Muslims, whether Sunni, Shia, or anything else, aren't going to go around committing acts of violence. Sunni Islam doesn't advocate bombing and killing people - and regardless of which particular group we identify with, we need to stand together as a community and dispel these prejudices about Islam.

      Midnightmoon
      IslamicAnswers.com editor

      • @mr midnightmoon first you read editors note associated with this question....firstly you ppl spreading false knowledge and telling that dawoodi bohras are not muslims....and when i started speaking about ur sins..ur telling me we need to stand together as a community blah blah..what a hypocrates.

        god bless you man

        • Assalaamualaikam

          A few points:

          1. I'm female.

          2. At no point have I personally said anything about any group of people being non-Muslims.

          3. How is it hypocritical for me to suggest that the Islamic community should be more united?

          Midnightmoon
          IslamicAnswers.com editor

  9. Plz understand sister,,read the holy Quran and hadith and then accordingly take ur decision,I m sure that if you read it in true sense u wil take a right and then u wil also understand what's right and what's wrong...

  10. bohris should follow holy Quran and sahih hadith instead of their leaders

  11. Salam

    Dear sister please don't do that. Dawoodi bohra is not muslim.

  12. Can a sunni girl marry to a ismaeli boy is it OK in islam

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