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About Jamshaid Zubairee
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Please don't ask questions about your personal problems i.e. between you and your life partner. You can ask me questions regarding comparative religion, modern culture and differences between Shia and Sunni sects of Islam. Please Visit http://www.esnips.com/user/Jam2000

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I have studied Islam for more than Seven years.


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I have no formal credentials to answer question on Islam except from my personal knowledge about Islam that I gained through books, teachers and Internet.I am student of MBBS at Army Medical College Rwalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.

 
   

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Arab Culture - Marriage


Expert: Jamshaid Zubairee - 10/30/2009

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QUESTION: My husband and I have been married (by the justice of the peace) for almost 5 years. He is Muslim and I (Was) Christian at the time we were married. We never had a islamic wedding or had a marriage performed by an Imam. Are considered married? Is this going to cause us punishment as if we are not married?

ANSWER: Sister! Are you now Muslim?
Whether you are married or not depends upon the procedure of marriage in court and I don't know that so it is better if you ask it from some local Imam or Scholar who knows such thing.

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QUESTION: We were married in the court but not an Islamic marriage. I have converted recently to Islam. Everyone that we have asked has said that it is like we are not married and really there is no way to be forgiven for what we have done. I am so afraid of the punishment that we will be given for this.

Answer
No sister.
They are absolutely wrong. The only thing you need to do is to ask forgiveness from Allah and He will surely forgive you.
It is the commandment of ALLAH that we must ask forgiveness for our sins.
Please read this
http://leedsgrandmosque.com/khutbahs/khutba-20030523.asp
and then only thing you will have to do is to go to some Imam and ask him that you need to remarry or not if he says yes, then please remarry.
If you don't find any scholar then tell me I will ask from someone in Pakistan. But it is better if you ask from someone in US.
If you still have problem then feel free to contact me again.
Allah Hafiz


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