Zakir Naik – Can a Muslim Man Marry a Sikh Girl
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This is a question asked on the YouTube
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Assalamualaikum.
Waalaikumussalam.
Dr Zakir, Karan here, a Muslim revert.
My question is, are true Sikhs considered idol
worshippers?
Can a Muslim man marry a Sikh girl
if they are considered idol or fire worshippers?
If you have heard my talks on Sikhism,
Sikhism actually is against idol worship.
They are against avatar vada, that almighty God
taking avatar.
Sikh, a true Sikh who follow the scriptures
believe there is one God.
And they believe that almighty God has got
no image.
He is all powerful.
The concept of God in Sikhism is close
to the concept of God in Islam.
But the question is not that a Muslim
cannot only marry an idol worshipper.
A Muslim man or woman cannot marry a
non-Muslim man or woman.
The Quran says in Surah Baqarah chapter 2,
verse number 221, let not a believing woman
marry an unbelieving man or an idol worshipper
until he believes a slave man who is
a Muslim is far superior to a non
-Muslim even if he allows you.
He may be the most handsome man in
the world.
He may be the richest man in the
world.
He may be the king of the world.
But a believing man who is a bondsman,
who is a slave man, Allah says, is
better than an unbelieving man even if he
allows you.
He may be most handsome, he may be
most richest and the verse continues that do
not marry unbelieving woman or a mushrika.
So the two things, idol worshipper or unbeliever
means those who don't believe in Islam.
Do not marry unbelieving woman or a mushrika
until they believe.
A believing woman, a Muslimah, even if she
is a bondswoman, she is much better than
an unbelieving woman even if she allows you.
She may be a beauty queen.
She may be the richest woman in the
world.
She may be a queen of the richest
country in the world.
But if she is an unbeliever, a Muslim
woman who is a slave woman is far
superior than an unbelieving woman even if she
allows you.
So based on this verse of the Quran,
you cannot marry a non-Muslim.
So the Sikh, even if he is a
true Sikh following, who may not be doing
idol worship, can you marry?
No.
You have to believe in the last and
final messenger, Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.
To marry, the person should be a Muslim,
it's compulsory.
Should be a Muslim and the Prophet said
that when you marry, when you look for
a life partner, you look for four things.
One is beauty, wealth, nobility and virtue.
Religion, that is Deen.
And the most important of all is virtue,
it is Deen.
So unless the non-Muslim accepts Islam, you
cannot marry a non-Muslim.
Hope that answers the question.