Question: Respected scholar Ata bin Khalil Abu Rashtah, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى protect you, Assalamu Alaykom wa Rahmatullah: It is mentioned in the book, The Islamic Personality Volume 3, that: “ Also the Sahaabah may Allah be pleased with them inferred the corruption and the invalidity of contracts from the prohibition, from that is Ibn ‘Omar’s proof of the invalidity of marrying the polytheist women by the saying of Allah Ta’ala : وَلَا تَنْكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكَاتِ “Do not marry polytheist women…” and no one disapproved this of him so it was a consensus ”. My question is, Barak Allahu feekum, how is the matter a consensus when the evidence is apparent in the verse? Wassalamu Alaykom wa Rahmatullah From Hamdi Al-Husseini Answer: Wa Alaykom Assalam Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuhu, In order to clarify the answer to your question, I will provide the full text that you are asking about, under the chapter: “Prohibition of Dispositions and Contracts” : The prohi
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