The Ruling on a Shia Wife Living with a Sunni Husband
The Ruling on a Shia Wife Living with a Sunni Husband
Question:
What do the scholars of Islam and the Muftis of Sharia say regarding the following matter? I belong to Gujranwala city. I have been married for six years and have a child who is four and a half years old. I come from a Sunni background, while my wife belongs to a Shia family. Recently, someone informed me that our marriage is not valid and that we have been living in sin all this time. Our marriage was conducted in the Sunni tradition. My question is: is our marriage valid or invalid? Can we continue living together as husband and wife? We had an agreement that we would not interfere in each other's sectarian practices, and we have adhered to this agreement so far. However, the scholar who told us that our marriage is invalid claimed that if my shia wife converts to my sect, the marriage would then become valid, but we would still have to remarry.
Answer
A Shia individual who holds any of the following beliefs is considered to be outside the fold of Islam:
1. Believing in the distortion of the Quran.
2. Denying the companionship (Sahaba (R.A) status) of Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) and Hazrat Umar (R.A).
3. Slandering Hazrat Aisha (R.A).
4. Believing Hazrat Ali (R.A) to be a Prophet or deity.
5. Assigning a status to Imams higher than that of the Prophets.
If (Allah forbid) any of these beliefs are held, immediate repentance is required. After that, the marriage should be conducted again, and the child will still be attributed to the father.
نعم لاشك في تكفير من قذف السيدة عائشةؓ اوا نكر صحبة الصديقؓ او اعتقدالالوهية في على اوان جبرئيل غلط فى الوحى أو نحو ذلك من الكفر الصريح المخالف للقرآن ولكن لو تاب تقبل توبته:
(Rd-ul-Muhtar, Vol. 6 Page 378)
الرافضي اذا كمان يسب الشيخينؓ ويلعنهما و العياذ بالله فهو كافر ولو قذف عائشةؓبالزنا كفر .... من انكر خلافة أبي بكرؓ فهو كافر و على قول بعضهم مبتدع وليس بكافر و الصحيح انه كافر وكذالك من انكر خلافة عمرؓ في اصح الاقوال ويجب اكفارالخوارج في أكنار هم جميع الامة سواهم ويجب اكفار هم با كفار عثمانؓ وعلىؓ وطلحةؓوالزبيرؓ و عائشةؓويجب اكفار الروافض في قولهم برجعة الاموات الى الدنيا و بتناسخ الارواح وبانتقال روح الاله الى الانيمة وبقولهم في خروج امام باطن وبتعطيلهم الامروالمنهى الى ان يخرج الامام الباطن وبقولهم ان جبرئيل عليه السلام غلط فى الوحى الی محمدﷺ دون على بن ابى طالبؓ وهؤلاء القوم خارجون عن ملة الاسلام واحكامهم احكام المرتدين:
(Bzaziah Ali Hamish Al-Hindiah Vol. 6, Page 318)
(Irshad-ul-Mufteen, Vol. 1, Page 531)