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| tlmdays |
| 03/03/04 at 20:18:29 |
| Please advise, I married a muslim man and we want to be married by a IMAM but have not done it yet. Are we allowed to sleep together and behave as a married couple |
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| Kathy |
| 03/03/04 at 21:21:54 |
| [slm] [i]Modified this answer after I read the question better....[/i] ::) To the best of my knowledge you do not need an Imam to perform the 'ceremony.' However an Islamic marriage must have 2 witnesses and a guardian (Wali) for you. Being a Moderator... I have to tell you to check this out with his Imam (leader in his community). |
| 03/04/04 at 08:38:37 |
| Kathy |
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| MIT |
| 03/04/04 at 07:31:32 |
| Hello With respect to a Muslim, it isn't a civil marriage that makes a Muslim 'married.' Thus, sleeping and all the rest of it isn't allowed. A civil ceremony is a formality performed at the request of the state. It is the Islamic ceremony which makes a Muslim married, and makes permissible for him/her what is permissible for a married couple. As Kathy alluded to, there is the important issue of fulfilling the conditions of the (islamic) marriage contract, e.g. having witnesses, etc. And an Imam can fill you in on those. Have you thought of becoming a Muslim? |
| NS |
| 03/04/04 at 07:53:17 |
| MIT |
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| CAMuslimGirl |
| 03/04/04 at 23:55:28 |
| [slm] :-) This issue was raised by a couple who had both converted to Islam at our masjid. They were new Muslims when they married and didn't know much yet. They were married civilly. This year (5 years later) they brought their son to our Islamic school. One day, she asked me if they were really married or not. I asked our sheikh and two scholars. This was our response: If, in the civil ceremony, there was a wali who married the woman to the man, saying the appropriate words (I married you to this man....etc), and a mahr was decided and given, then your marriage is accepted by Islam. If these three conditions were not met, then you must also be married Islamically before it is ok. Inshallah that was helpful. Salaam Tara |
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| tlmdays |
| 03/05/04 at 07:07:25 |
| Thank you for all your responses. I am now a muslim and married by a IMAM. |
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| Kathy |
| 03/05/04 at 09:01:11 |
| [slm] Subhannah Allah. may Allah swt ever guide you on the righteous path! Your journey has just begun! Feel free to ask us any questions. |
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| MIT |
| 03/05/04 at 09:07:27 |
| as-salaamu alaikum Thats great news. We need to congratulate you twice: one on you marriage and one on your conversion. May Allah shower both you and your husband with blessings. |
| NS |
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