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Lissa
"because in Islam it is forbidden" ok. But why? I am a non Muslim, married to a Muslim. Why would I allow my daughter to only marry Muslim if I was allowed to marry who I want? I would like to find an explanation. Because without explanation, of course this will never work. (even with it will be difficult)
Hi Lissa,
If your daughter is Muslim and practicing, then marriage to any man who is not Muslim is not a valid marriage under Islamic law. Therefore, physically being with a non-muslim man would mean she is committing adultery. Adultery is considered a major sin.
Islam has its laws and practices, and that is what we follow first before our desires. There are plenty of practicing Muslims who we can find to marry that are suitable for us, and overall it is best to marry within the faith to raise our future children under islamic traditions and practices, work together as partners to become better individuals, and overall have a stronger family unit. The man bears the responsibility for his wife and children to bring them up righteously in Islam, provide for them, prevent them from wrongdoing based on Islamic teachings, etc. and this is not possible if the man is not a righteous Muslim himself. Non-muslim men drink, smoke, gamble, may associate partners with God if they believe in God, or may not believe in God all together, will not have protectiveness as a practicing Muslim father should and would over his wife and children in the Islamic way, and may follow practices or have habits that affect the wife's duties and faith in God altogether. Furthermore, nonMuslims cannot have authority over Muslims, and in Islam the husband has authority over the wife, therefore the husband must be Muslim.
Muslim men also are not allowed to marry except chaste Muslim, Jewish, or Christian women. Outside of this, his marriage will also not be valid.