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Fatwa CenterHer Bohra friend is not happy in her marriage with a Hindu man
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My muslim(bohra) friend married a hindu guy, there were in luv & she hoped to revert him to islam. But it nvr happnd & instead she got lost too. But inspite of everythin her faith hd not died, she ws overall unhappy wit the situation & all the rituals she ws hvng to do there. Its been 10 yrs for their marriage & she hd a 5 yr old daughter. After her birth things bcame worst for her as she constantly worried abt her akhirah. Due to social stigma she stayed on in the marriage. The guy is gud but doesnt believe at all in islam. She hd a house money everythin but no peace. Lots of problems crept up & she got so engulfed dat she took her daughter's life & wntd to kill herself too but she survived & not the baby. She strongly knows the shirk she ws into & the rulings on killing & sucide but she felt she got totally swept away by evil. She's left everythin & hs come to her mother's but they wnt she shld get her right & money, tho she wnts nothing of her past life & wants to follow only the path of islam. Her husband is causing lot of trouble for her too. She's very guilty & at times very sad, she knows she's committed very many sins & yet at times feels this ws her calling towards her faith. She wnts to renounce all worldly matters & walk only towards islam. Pls help
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and messenger.
We have underlined that the Bohra sect holds grave and deviant beliefs that contradict Islam. Please, refer to Fatwa 89255. If this girl holds such beliefs, she is not a Muslim in the first place.
However, if she is merely a nominal adherent of the Bohra sect, but does not hold any of their false and deviate beliefs and instead holds the sound Islamic beliefs, then she is a Muslim and her marriage to that non-Muslim man is considered invalid. Allaah, The Exalted, says (what means): {…And do not marry polytheistic men [to your women] until they believe. And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you…}[Quran 2:221]
There is a scholarly consensus on that it is impermissible for a Muslim woman to marry a non-Muslim man. If she got married to that non-Muslim man while aware of the religious ruling of such an act, she is sinful and it is incumbent on her to repent from such a sinful act. The conditions for repentance are underlined in Fatwa 86527. She is also obliged to end her relationship with this non-Muslim man and it is impermissible for her to let him have sexual intercourse with her.
If she willingly and deliberately killed her daughter, she has committed a grave sin and it is incumbent on her to repent. She is also obliged to pay Diyah (blood money) and is not entitled to inherit from her (daughter). For more information, please refer to Fataawa 200403 and 132447.
However, if she did not willingly and deliberately kill her daughter, but she lost her mind when she carried out such a crime, she is not liable for anything because, in this case, she is not considered competent for religious obligations.
Finally, it is worth noting that the correct and sound path is that which is based on the Quran and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, i.e. Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa‘ah, which is the way for salvation. Please, refer to Fataawa 85403 and 33503. So, if she has failed to identify the right path and the Truth, she should kindly and wisely be advised.
Allaah Knows best.
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