Let me get this point across now...So the reason why I asked this was because I am a South Indian girl and he's an Indian Muslim. We've been in a solid relationship for quite a while and we're both in our mid-twenties. Can anyone answer my question now that I've given a better view?
Would a Muslim man marrying an Indian woman ever be accepted by the guy's parents and is it considered Haram?
Being Indian and Muslim aren't mutually exclusive, and there are almost 180 million Muslims in India (making the Indian Muslim population the world's third largest Muslim population), getting really tired of this assumption that Indians can't be Muslim...the Muslim population in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh are almost exactly equal.
If she's Muslim, Christian, or Jewish - there's nothing Haraam about it. If she's anything other than those, their marriage is not considered valid in Islam.
Whether or not his parents will accept it entirely depends on the parents. I'm Muslim and I have a few family members that are married to non-Muslims and everyone is fine with it (even though their marriages are not recognised Islamically)
Let me get this point across now...So the reason why I asked this was because I am a South Indian girl and he's an Indian Muslim. We've been in a solid relationship for quite a while and we're both in our mid-twenties. Can anyone answer my question now that I've given a better view?
This is the 21st century. I think all religions are trying to teach tolerance
Let me get this point across now...So the reason why I asked this was because I am a South Indian girl and he's an Indian Muslim. We've been in a solid relationship for quite a while and we're both in our mid-twenties. Can anyone answer my question now that I've given a better view?
Whether it is Haram or not depends on your religion, not your ethnicity or country of origin
We've discussed about this whole conversion thing and personally I don't feel it's right to convert merely for the sake of marriage and he agrees with that idea as well because It wouldn't be a true conversion to Islam.
His religion is Islam and my religion is Hinduism.
Yes, it's Haraam (forbidden for him) to marry a Hindu, and your Nikah (Islamic marriage contract) would be invalid.
The only way for your Nikah to be valid would be if you converted - with sincerity - to either Islam, Christianity, or Judaism.
Converting to any of those religions solely for the purpose of marriage is not an example of a sincere conversion, and your Nikah would still be invalid.
With that being said, don't change your religion to please him or his parents. I'm assuming you live in a non-Muslim country..have a civil marriage and enjoy your life. Don't allow religion to become a wedge between the two of you...
This girl is of Gujurati descent and was raised in a Hindu household. She later converted to Islam and is married to a Bengali Muslim man....her parents reacted very badly to it and disowned her for a while, and she also lost all of her Hindu friends in sixth form.
Everybody expects the resistance to come from the Muslim side, but Hindu's aren't accepting of their children/family/friends marrying Muslims either...
Yes, it's Haraam (forbidden for him) to marry a Hindu, and your Nikah (Islamic marriage contract) would be invalid.
The only way for your Nikah to be valid would be if you converted - with sincerity - to either Islam, Christianity, or Judaism.
Converting to any of those religions solely for the purpose of marriage is not an example of a sincere conversion, and your Nikah would still be invalid.
With that being said, don't change your religion to please him or his parents. I'm assuming you live in a non-Muslim country..have a civil marriage and enjoy your life. Don't allow religion to become a wedge between the two of you...
I honestly thank you for your kind words and so far we have not and will never allow religion to become a obstacle for the both of us.