Millennium Star⭐* [[----Part Thirteen----]]

 *Millennium Star⭐*

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Ramlah, known as Umm Habibah (Mother of Habibah), was the daughter of Abu Sufyan, one of the most powerful chieftains in Makkah whom even the powerful listened to and obeyed.

At the onset of the Islamic da’wah, Abu Sufyan was its first challenger due to his jealousy of prophethood being bestowed upon someone outside his family, Banu ‘Abd Shams. Therefore, he was the leader of the army of unbelievers against Islam.

where women were the subjects and unquestioned followers of men, that Umm Habibah, daughter of Abu Sufyan, rose to declare her faith in what had been revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him).

She was married to ‘Ubaydullah bin Jahsh, who before the advent of Islam had abandoned paganism for Christianity.

‘Ubaydullah bin Jahsh and his wife Umm Habibah were among the Muslims who migrated to Abyssinia.. Tired of the continuous suffering at the hands of their enemies, ‘Ubaydullah decided to revert to Christianity after he had met the Christians of Abyssinia and seen the luxury they were accustomed to. He urged his wife to follow him in his apostasy from Islam. “Umm Habibah, I have reverted to Christianity. Why don’t you do the same?”

Umm Habibah said in terror, “By Allah, it is not good for you, Ubaydullah!” She tried to stop him but to no avail. He took to drinking alcohol, which eventually killed him.

LESSON:

*The law of Islam does not allow Muslim women to marry a non Muslim man*

This is mentioned in the words of Allah Almighty, which can be translated as:

"And [lawful in marriage are] chaste women from among the believers and chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture before you, when you have given them their due compensation...."📚(Al-Ma'idah, 5).

In this noble verse, it is only permissible for Muslim men to marry women from the people of the Book and not the other way round. Hence, it is impermissible for a non-Muslim man to marry a Muslim woman.

If non-Muslim men were allowed to marry Muslim women, they will have a legal authority over them and Allah (swt) never allows non-Muslims to have authority over Muslims. Unlike food, it is allowed to exchange food (outside festive periods) with non-Muslims since there are no legal restrictions on it in Islamic law.

Furthermore,

It is permissible in Islam for a Muslim man to marry a non-Muslim woman (Christian or Jewish) and not vice-versa. Though this may seem unfair, the rationale behind it becomes clear if the true reason is known.

Islam respects all the previous heavenly revealed religions and the belief in all the previous Prophets is an inseparable part of the Islamic creed.

A Muslim man who marries a Christian or a Jewish woman, is commanded to respect her faith, and it is not permissible for him to prevent his wife from practicing the rites of her religion and going to the church or synagogue. Therefore, Islam seeks to provide the wife with her husband's respect for her religion which in turn protects the family from destruction.

On the other hand, a non-Muslim man if allowed to marry a Muslim woman will not respect his Muslim wife's faith. This is because a Muslim man believes in all previous religions and Prophets of God and respects them while a non-Muslim does not believe nor acknowledges the Prophet of Islam; rather, a non-Muslim considers Prophet Mohammed a false prophet and usually believes in all the fabricated lies made against Islam and its Prophet. Even if a non-Muslim husband does not explicitly express this, a Muslim wife will constantly feel that her husband does not respect her faith. There is no room for compliments regarding this matter; it is a matter of principle.

TO BE CONTINUED


سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك نشهد ان لا اله الا انت نستغفرك ونتوابوااليك