Fatwa #8179 September 2000Pakistan

If non-Muslims marry, is their marriage valid in the eyes of Allah (SWT)?

Answer

If a non-Muslim married couple accept Islam, their marriage before Islam will be recognised. However, if they are married to very close relatives (Mahaarim), then that marriage will not be recognised.

And Allah Taãla Knows Best.

Was salaam

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

#18556Would like to know if a non muslim woman who is married becomes muslim is her marriage to the non muslim male still valid or is she Halaal for a muslim man?
#12335Ref 1712, 538 & 94. Answer was not permissible. But in today's world, can’t an educated independent Muslim girl marry a non-Muslim? Refer to the optional section for more details.
#30754Can a non-Muslim man get married to a Muslim woman?
#24383Can a Muslim woman marry a non-Muslim man?
#10641Marriage to Non-muslim and now expecting a child. Situation tense, brother wants to know what he could do.
#36709Previously married to non-Muslim.
#19279I am a female from Algeria and married in a mosque in london to a US Citizen. I needed money so married him even though I knew he was non-muslim. He has now divorced me and threatens to tell everyone in Algeria I married a seikh if I ask him for money...
#43694Is the Wakālah of a non-muslim/ stranger valid in nikāḥ?

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