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Grace Seeker
What if the Catholic reverts after the marriage has already taken place? Does that change things, or would the marriage still be considered invalid since it did not take place the right way to begin with?
I don't know... but I can tell you that non-Muslims who marry in non-Islamic ways are considered married as long as they are married by their own standards. So if a catholic marries a catholic, they are considered married, we don't consider them as not being married just because they didn't do it the Islamic way.
But for a Muslim women to marry a non-Muslim, the marriage is invalid no matter what.
Also, lets say the husband becomes Muslim, the issue of whether they are considered married or not isn't important, they can easily just ask a shaykh if that day ever comes and get married Islamically in a few minutes if they want to.
HOWEVER, he husband will be sinless (assuming he really did convert for God, not for the wife), but his wife will not be. If she does not sincerely repent for what she has done then she is still considered an adulteress, and it is not permissible for an adulteress to marry anyone other than an adulter (and vice versa)...
So um yeh complicated stuff... but like you said it doesn't seem like it is going to happen... nor does it seem like the family even care.:uuh: