Marriage with Rafidi Men and Women, and Their Beliefs

Question

What is the ruling on marrying a Rafidi woman? Or how is it for a Rafidi man to marry a Sunni woman? And what is meant by: [ar]لَا تُنكِحُوا۟ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنُوا۟[/ar] “…do not give (believing women) in marriage to polytheist men until they believe” (Surah al-Baqara, 2:221)? But then, can the nikah of Muslims with polytheists not take place?

Answer

If a Rafidi holds a belief on which a fatwa of disbelief (kufr) has been given, then the nikah of any man or woman of Sunni creed with such a Rafidi man or woman is not permissible. As for a Sunni man marrying such a woman whose belief is not one of disbelief, the same detailed ruling applies as is given under the heading “Marrying a Raza-Khani woman” (the Raza-Khanis being…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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