❖ Extracted from the book
✿ Parents Must Not Marry Their Children to Polytheists ✿
Quranic Prohibition on Marrying Polytheists
❀ Allah ﷻ says:
﴿وَلَا تَنكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكَاتِ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنَّ ۚ وَلَأَمَةٌ مُّؤْمِنَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن مُّشْرِكَةٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ ۗ وَلَا تُنكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنُوا﴾
“And do not marry polytheist women until they believe. Indeed, a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist woman, even if she pleases you. And do not marry [your women] to polytheist men until they believe.”
Sūrah al-Baqarah (2:221)❖ Explanatory Note:
❖ This is a clear and strict command from Allah ﷻ forbidding marriage with polytheists (mushrikīn).
❖ Many Muslims today neglect this divine prohibition and marry their sons or daughters to polytheists without considering its seriousness.
❖ Marrying a Muslim man to a polytheist woman, or a Muslim woman to a polytheist man, is ḥarām (forbidden) in Islam.
◈ Key Points:
① The verse provides two separate prohibitions:
— A Muslim man cannot marry a polytheist woman.
— A Muslim woman cannot be given in marriage to a polytheist man.
② Faith (īmān) is the foundational requirement in marriage.
③ Even a believing slave woman is better in the sight of Allah than a wealthy or attractive polytheist woman.
④ This divine ruling aims to preserve the religion and protect the spiritual future of Muslim families.
⑤ Parents must be vigilant and prioritize dīn over worldly appeal when arranging marriages for their children.
