Marriage after becoming a Muslim

2-4-2023 | IslamWeb

Question:

My parents are Christians, when I was 13 I reverted to Islam. I was not allowed to be a Muslim and bullied for it, and eventually around 17 I had no care for deen and had children with a Christian. I have been a practicing Muslim since the birth of my first daughter and we have agreed she will be raised a Muslim inshallah. Can we get married? I have sincere tawba and it is my greatest fear astaghfirullah

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu`alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.

We congratulate you on what Allah, The Exalted, bestowed upon you of the blessing of entering Islam, and we advise you to be keen on what helps you to stay steadfast on it of useful knowledge, good deeds, attendance of good gatherings and the company of good people. You have done well by repenting from this relationship, and you should strive to acquire useful knowledge, do a lot of righteous deeds, and attend good gatherings in Islamic centers and the like.

Marrying this woman in what appears to be her condition is valid according to many scholars, and accordingly, there is no sin upon you in marrying her according to the conditions of marriage as per Sharee'ah, and meanwhile strive to call her to Islam and introduce her to it and encourage her to it, especially through your behavior and your manners with Islamic morals and through your dealings with her and your good treatment to her. May Allah make you a reason to guide her, and whoever guides to a good deed gets the same reward as the doer of that deed.

Allah knows best.