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Fatwa CenterChristain Indonesian girl wants to marry a Muslim
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First, I would like to thank you all for your great effort in answering questions from muslims around the world. I have a friend from Indonesia. She is a young Christian girl ( 23 years old ) and wants to become a Muslim. She lives in Jakarta and is thinking of marrying a Muslim. She asked me for advice. What should she read? Who should she talk to? She does not speak Arabic, but speaks English very well.She also speaks Indonesian.
Answer
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions.
First of all, know that it is forbidden for the man to have any illicit relation with any alien woman. But since this lady wants to become Muslim, you should help her do so. But this should be through a pious woman who can demonstrate to her the greatness of Islam and its honorable state. You should spare no effort to provide her with booklets, pamphlets, cassettes and other Dawah aids that explain to her the three phases of the Islamic religion which are:
1- Islam and its five pillars.
2- Iman (belief) and its six pillars.
3- Ihsan and its pillar.
If you can not get these aids, you help her get in touch with the nearest Islamic center to her home. Indeed, the people who work in those centers usually know how to introduce Islam gradually and can provide her with the necessary means.
Allah knows best
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