Nikah of a Sunni Woman to a Shia Man

Question

Hinda’s nikah with Zayd has already taken place. Her parents are Sunnis by madhhab, of Ahl al-Sunna wa’l-Jama‘a. The said woman and her father are both pious and righteous, while Zayd is a Shia by madhhab, one who reviles and abuses, an extremist (ghali) in his madhhab. The said woman’s parents are not at all willing to give their daughter to Zayd because he is a Shia. Now it is asked: can a nikah take place between a Shia man and a Sunni woman?

Answer

If Zayd holds beliefs of disbelief (kufr) — for example, he accuses Hazrat ‘A’isha Siddiqa ﵂ of zina, or denies that Hazrat Siddiq Akbar ﵁ was a Companion, or believes in the divinity of Hazrat ‘Ali ﵁, or believes concerning Hazrat Jibril ﵇ that he erred in delivering the revelation to the Prophet ﷺ, or holds any other such belief that contradicts the explicit Qur’an and the…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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