{"id":1199,"date":"2016-11-24T22:21:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T02:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2017-11-08T15:36:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T19:36:02","slug":"importance-of-deen-in-choosing-a-spouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/importance-of-deen-in-choosing-a-spouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of Deen in choosing a spouse."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Assalamou alikom my name is Mohamed, I am Sunni muslim, Tunisian, I met a woman in facebook, Trinidad, it is Hindi, I liked well and I want to marry her, halal Islamic marrige following standards Islamic sunnat Allah wa rasoulohou, she is ready to agree and be muslim, please mufti sir, I need your help and I hope you answer me, Jazak Allah kol khir<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>As-sal\u0101mu \u2018alaykum wa-rahmatull\u0101hi wa-barak\u0101tuh.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Marriage is indeed a big step in one\u2019s life and while being a noble act, all concerning issues must be contemplated carefully. Amongst the fundamental purposes of marriage is to attain peace and comfort, consequently one should choose a suitable spouse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As a Muslim, the purpose of getting married should be to safeguard one&#8217;s Imaan, chastity and attain peace and comfort through it. Therefore, the most important quality one should seek in a spouse is Imaan and consciousness of Deen and Allah Ta\u2019ala, so that he\/she may compliment the other in his\/her religious activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We would also like to point out that there may be further legal complications and difficulties. Furthermore, one should ensure that the intention of marriage must not be to receive benefits\/citizenship of a country. Islam does not advocate such marriages, as they are generally temporary and provisional. These marriages are engineered to advance other agendas and are not performed with the intent to be permanent. This against the true spirit of marriage in Islam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">However, as per your query, if the woman accepts Islam sincerely, and is ready to establish her Deen, and the marriage fulfills all the necessary conditions of Shari\u2019ah, then the marriage will be valid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our advice is do not rush into marriage. Take your time and consult appropriate people. Most important, make Istikhara and seek the guidance of Allah Ta\u2019ala.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>And Allah Ta\u2019\u0101la Knows Best<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Mufti Arshad Ali<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Darul Iftaa, Jaamia Madinatul Uloom (Trinidad)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fatwa-tt.com\"><strong>www.fatwa-tt.com<\/strong><\/a><strong> \/<\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"www.jaamia.net\"><strong>www.jaamia.net<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Assalamou alikom my name is Mohamed, I am Sunni muslim, Tunisian, I met a woman in facebook,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marriage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}