decay of the society does not need any elucidation. Moreover, the promiscuity and moral anarchy prevailing I the women from the Scripture People and their society too does not need any mention. Therefore, in these conditions, the correct view regarding marrying women from the Scripture People is the following: 1. It is permissible to marry those Jew and Christian women who have faith in the existence of God and the system of prophethood, and are not atheists or dismissive of religion. 2. But this marriage is not free of undesirability. If the marriage happens in Islaamic state, it is simply undesirable and if it happens in Misbeliever state, then it is nearly prohibited. 3. It is not permissible to marry those women who are Christians or Jews only in name, but are atheists and agnostics, in fact. 4. It is also not permissible to marry women who have become Christians or Jews after recanting from Islaam.
34. Marriage with a Qaadiaani woman As for the marriage of Muslim men with Qaadiaani women, it is completely prohibited and impermissible. The Qaadiaanis are not among the Scripture People, in fact they are in the category of Zindeeqs (hypocrite apostates). It will be appropriate to quote what this author has written in reply to an istiftaa (question seeking shara`ee advice). “It goes beyond doubt that the shari`a has divided the Misbelievers into two categories with regard to marital relation and prohibition or permissibility of slaughtered animals: (1) Scripture People and (2) General Misbelievers. Marriage with Scripture People (women) is permitted while that with the General Misbelievers is not. Similarly, the animals slaughtered by Scripture People is permissible for eating while those by General Misbelievers is prohibited. The term Scripture People implies those who have faith in a heavenly divine religion other than Islaam and have a religious book whose revelation is confirmed by the Qur’aan, later distortions and tampering with the text notwithstanding: ﻭﻛﻞ ﻣﻦ ﻳﻌﺘﻘﺪ ﺩﻳﻨﺎ ﺳﻤﺎﻭﻳًّﺎ ﻟﻪ ﻛﺘﺎﺏ ﻣﻨﺰﻝ ﻛﺼﺤﻒ ﺇﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ ﺭ ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺚ ﻭﺯﺑﻮﺭ ﺩﺍ ُﻭﺩ ﻋﻠﻴﻬﻢ . ﻓﻴﺠﻮﺯ ﻣﻨﺎﻛﺤﺘﻪ ﻭﺃﻛﻞ ﺫﺑﺎﺋﺤﻪ، ﻓﻬﻮ ﻣﻦ ﺃﻫﻞ ﺍﻟﻜﺘﺎﺏ،ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ128 127
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“Thus the matter of the Scripture People and of those General Misbelievers who openly admit their unbelief is quite evident. But the problem arises in the case of people who call themselves Muslims but are essentially Misbelievers on account of their beliefs and doctrines. What category should they be assigned: of Muslims, or Scripture People or General Misbelievers? “Evidently, they cannot be considered Muslims owing to their Misbeliever-like doctrines, and juristic similitudes indicate that they cannot be categorized as Scripture People as well. So they will be in the category of General Misbelievers: neither will marrying their women be allowed nor eating their slaughtered animals. Islaamic jurists have called such people hypocrite apostates (Zindeeq). Hypocrite apostates have been defined as: ﻭﻛﺎﻥ ﻳﺴ ﱠﻤﻰ ﻓﻲ ﻋﺼﺮ ﺍﻟﻨﺒﻲ ﻣﻨﺎﻓﻘﺎ ﻭﻳﺴ ﱠﻤﻰ ﺍﻟﻴﻮﻡ ﺯﻧﺪﻳﻘﺎ،( ﻫﻮ ﺍﻟﺬﻱ ﻳﻄﻬﺮ ﺍﻹﺳﻼﻡ ﻭﻳﺴﺘﺴﺮ ﺑﺎﻟﻜﻔﺮ ﻭﻫﻮ ﺍﻟﻤﻨﺎﻓﻖHe is the person who proclaims to be a Muslim publicly, but secretly persists with Misbelief. He is a hypocrite who used to be termed a Hypocrite in the days of the Prophet ﺻﻠﱠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭ ﺳﻠﱠﻢ, and is now referred to as hypocrite apostate (Zindeeq) 129.) 128F
“For the Islaamic state, the presence of Scripture People and open Misbelievers is bearable, but the existence of such hypocrite apostates is intolerable. Therefore, jurists have written that they should be put to death, and the repentance and recantation by open apostates will be accepted but from these hypocrite apostates,
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Any person who has faith in a heavenly religion and has faith in a revealed book like the Scriptures of Ibrahim, or those of Shees, or Zaboor of Dawood, falls in the category of the Scripture People. Marrying their women and eating animals slaughtered by them are permissible.– `Aalamgiri 2/8. 129 Majma`ul Fiqhil Hanbali 1/144, referencing Al Mughnee.