That Mrs wishes to be a Muslim, but .....

[Dr. Shabbir]

Dear Dr Shabbir Ahmed Saheb, Assalam alaikum

We have a Caucasian couple in this faraway land. They are our dear friends. The wife strongly wishes to embrace Islam while her husband is ambivalent as a Christian at this time. The Maulvis say that her becoming Muslim will be Haram.

Please guide them and guide us.
Thanks as always!
The Qureshi Family
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".... her becoming Muslim will be Haram", - What! This insult can come only from the Maulvis.

The Qur'an Honors The Grandfather Clause.
WHATEVER HAPPENED IN THE PAST, SO HAPPENED.

Dear Qureshi Family, Wa alaikum Assalam!

The situation of that couple is only apparently complex. Unfortunately, our Mullahs are in the habit of neglecting the Book of Allah which is the Ultimate Authority on Islam and makes things clear for us. The lady should happily become a Muslim without problems. Do not listen to the Muslim clergy since they go by conjecture and make things impossible.

In fact, you might see her husband embracing Islam in a few months if she lives with the Qur'anic moral values.

Allah will reward you for the noble deed of being supportive to your friends.

She might do well studying my tiny book THUS SPEAKS THE QURAN before moving on to QXP. The fifth edition of QXP that includes the Arabic text, will be sent to you as soon as it is in our hands.

May Allah bless you and your family!

THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE IN THE QUR'AN:

4:22 Do not marry women whom your fathers ever married EXCEPT WHAT has already *happened. Doing such was certainly a shameful and abominable custom.

4:23 The following women are prohibited for you in marriage: Your mothers, daughters, sisters, father's sisters, mother's sisters, brother's daughters, sister's daughters, foster-mothers who have ever nursed you, foster-sisters, your wives' mothers, your step-daughters, unless you have divorced their mother without being intimate with her. Also forbidden are women who have ever been the wives of your sons. You are not allowed to keep two sisters in wedlock at one time EXCEPT WHAT has already **happened in the past. God is Forgiving, Merciful.

Note: * & ** Some exponents have understood this to mean "before Islam". But 2:278 is a good example, "--- leave what remains." There is no such command here.

Your affectionate brother,

Dr Shabbir