Under classical Shia Muslim personal law, how is a nikah between a Muslim woman and a non-Muslim man…
Classical Shia personal law treats a nikah between a Muslim woman and a non-Muslim man as void. A Sunni-law classification cannot be assumed to apply. A civil marriage under…
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Under classical Shia Muslim personal law, how is a nikah between a Muslim woman and a non-Muslim man classified?
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Classical Shia personal law treats a nikah between a Muslim woman and a non-Muslim man as void. A Sunni-law classification cannot be assumed to apply. A civil marriage under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 is a separate question.
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Option A
Shia personal law does not recognise this nikah as valid.
Option B
Under the Shia rule at issue, the nikah is void. Some accounts distinguish the classification under Sunni law.
Option C
Shia personal law treats this nikah as void.
Option D
The Shia rule does not make an exception here for a Christian or Jewish man.
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