I know someone who was raised Christian and continues to believe in God, but questions the modern day bible and believes it to have been altered, he also questions the notion of the Trinity, and whether Jesus was simply a human and not is not to be considered the son of God. My understand is that what defines "Ahlul Kitab" are that they believe in God and believe and follow the guidance of the bible/torah based on them being Christian or Jewish, but in situations where someone questions the modern day version of the bible and believes it to have been altered, is he still considered "Ahlul Kitab"? Thank you

I wonder how Zahiri's interpret the word "Al Muhsanat المحصنات" in the context of surah Al-Ma'idah:5. I found this on *Al-Muhalla* but I couldn't understand it completely. Both the pages 12 and 13 relavant, I guess, in the link that I shared.

>And the Jews say: 'Uzair (Ezra) is the son of Allah, > 9:30 > >They (**Jews** and Christians) **took their rabbis** and their monks **to be their lords besides Allah** > 9:31 **Question:** Are Jews monotheists as per Islam? *Reading the verses quoted above, one would feel they aren't monotheists. However, according to [this answer](https://judaism.stackexchange.com/a/10343/13261) in Judaism.SE, it seems the answers are pretty explicit that God is one; "Beside Me there is no God; I have no son.".*

In Surah 2:62 it states, > 62 Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] - those [among them] who believed in Allāh and the Last Day and did righteousness - will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve. > > — [Surat al-Baqarah 62](https://legacy.quran.com/2/62) However in 5:72 it says > 72 They have certainly disbelieved who say, "Allāh is the Messiah, the son of Mary" while the Messiah has said, "O Children of Israel, worship Allāh, my Lord and your Lord." Indeed, he who associates others with Allāh - Allāh has forbidden him Paradise, and his refuge is the Fire. And there are not for the wrongdoers any helpers. > >— [Surat al-Ma'idah 72](https://legacy.quran.com/5/72) So in the first verse, it says that Christians will go to Heaven, but in the second verse it says that they won't. On top of this, the second verse states that "he who associates others with Allah - Allah has forbidden him paradise."

I'm interested in marriage with a Christian woman who was baptized as a Catholic at birth and lives in a Christian nation in a conservative/ religious region. She's officially registered as a member of the Church in this country and she and her parents pay the Church tax. However, they do not go to Church on Sundays and she is not fully convinced about the existence of a God. Besides this, she is chaste and has had no previous sexual partners. Would this marriage be permissible for me?

I’m just curious as to what status do these people get within Islam? As by this point of time some would have died on what was Islam at that point, it might be a bit silly to ask such a question, yet is it permissible to pray for them? As in calling for rahmat allah (allah yarhamah) upon them?

Qur'an 5:5 permits Muslim men to marry chaste women of the book. However, according to IslamWeb, there is an exception: a Muslim man may not marry a woman who is an ex-Muslim (a.k.a., an apostate). They quote: > Ibn Qudaamah said: “It is prohibited to marry an apostate woman, no matter what religion she adopts; because it is not proved for her the ruling of the people of the religion to which she converted by one's approval of her doing so. Based on this, it is not lawful for him to marry her with greater reason.” [Al-Mughni 7/131] > IslamWeb The English in this translation is not clear, so I'm not sure what "it is not proved for her the ruling of the people of the religion to which she converted by one's approval of her doing so" actually means. This leads me to my question: **Question**: What evidence is there that a Muslim man can not marry a chaste woman of the book if she is an ex-Muslim? I think IslamWeb refers to Ibn Qudamah on Wikipedia, who was around hundreds of years after the Prophet. If this is correct, what IslamWeb presents is just one scholar's opinion. However, it's possible this scholar had other justifications for making this ruling.

I know that Muslims call Jews and Christians "people of the book" because Jews believe in the Tanakh and Christians believe in both the Tanakh and the New Testament. If Muslims recognize those books as holy, doesn't that make Muslims "people of the book" too? Do Muslims ever use that phrase to describe themselves?

I've seen several groups "identified" with them from the Mandeans to the Hermeticist but as mentioned above I'm distrustful of Wikipedia and the Internet at large.

In [Surat Al-Baqarah ayah 62](http://quran.com/2/62) , Allah (The Glorified) says; > Sahih International
Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews > or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muhammad] - those [among > them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness - > will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be > concerning them, nor will they grieve. Who were (or are?) the people called الصابئين according to this ayah, and what makes them relevant in the context of this ayah? How are they similar with Jews or Christians? I assume similarity because they were mentioned alongside Jews and Christians.

So my question is, is it right for a sunni to deem of christians who believe in the trinity as polytheists? what scholars agree with this? is there a consensus?

Did earlier nations (Jews, Christians, etc.) had the obligatory Hijab? If possible, I am also looking for some evidences in their earlier books. Nowadays, I have never seen any normal Jew or Christian in covering dresses, hence it suggests that probably it wasn't mandatory for them. What could have been possible reasons for this?

I have a maid who is christian by faith. She is poor. I often give her food for her children and family, so that it provides her a little ease financially, and she doesn't have to cook after getting home after a day of work. I do this in order to please Allah. But I am confused about whether my deed will please Allah and earn me reward or not (God forbid). Please guide me. Thank you in advance.

Are non Muslims allowed to build, repair or worship in places such as Churches, Temples and Synagogues in Muslim occupied lands, if they are living under Muslims as Dhimmis or have a peace treaty with them?!

Allah the almighty says: > O you who have believed, **decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you** that you may become righteous - (2:183 ) This means that fasting or sawm was known and ordered to earlier nations. In the sunnah we are informed about the fast of the prophet Dawood () and I wonder if we have other references about other prophets () or maybe about what was the prescribed fast for the ahl al-Kitab. Are there any Muslim sources quoting the fast of ahl al-Kitab and/or earlier Prophets (except with Dawood)?

In many verses of the Qur'an, Allah speaks positively about the Ahl-al-kitab (i.e., People of the Book). For example, Muslims can eat their food and marry their women under certain conditions. However, according to Quran 5:72-75 , people who believe in the Trinity are disbelievers; this includes mainstream Christians (Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, etc.). This makes me think that Trinitarian Christians (i.e., those who believe in the Trinity) are not considered Ahl-al-kitab. This motivates my question: *Question*: Are Christians who believe in the Trinity considered People of the Book?

Are the Zoroastrians\Majus\Parsis from the People of the Book?? Can we eat their food and marry their women as we are allowed to do with Ahl Kitab? Zoroastrians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism **Note:** I have asked this question previously but it was closed as duplicate of this question: https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/28869/are-zoroastrians-mentioned-as-one-of-the-people-of-the-book-in-the-quran However that answer does not address my concerns at all. The answer there is "we don't know" but even if the Quran does not address it there must be laws that are derived from other sources.

We know that Ibrahim rebuilt/built the Ka'ba. And it was a place of worship for the prophets after him. Doesn't this mean Ka'ba was a place of worship for the Christians and Jews? That is should be revered among them as well? - If so then are there any references in their books regarding Ka'ba/Mecca being a holy place? - Has there been any Islamic researches regarding this? Are there any narrations about how the prophets of their time visited the Ka'ba?

I am a Mexican Christian woman in love with a Kuwaiti Muslim man 10 years younger, both of us living in the US. Many things are against us but we love each other, so we are very confused. We dated for 2 years and lived together in the US, sharing all responsibilities and rights of marriage including intercourse. This was the first time I have ever done this, for I come from a religious (Christian) family. He asked me to marry him, but had to agree to have a Muslim marriage, our children raised Muslim; plus, consider converting to Islam. I immensely admire and respect his love for Allah (SWT), but he does many things Muslim men should not do… So, I agreed to marriage, if he showed me how to understand and love Allah (SWT) for myself not only for the marriage; and, to show me by example… With this agreement he stopped drinking, partying, and smoking; we stopped intercourse, I began attending the mosque and learning and asking questions to him and the imam… But within a month he returned to partying even more than before, he wasn't being loving and left me alone in the quest for Islam. I broke our relationship off… 6 months with little contact between us we were reunited by chance, he approached me and started pursuing me again, he has asked me to be his girlfriend again claiming he loves me, and that he has felt lost without me… But, while we were apart he prayed SalaT Al-Istikhara for marrying me, and said his answer was NO, and that his family and shirk in Kuwait said NO too! I see how this could happen, and how we could be not doing anything wrong at the same time… I am a non-Muslim but I am a person of the book and well behaved and are very modest for us standards; I am 10 years older than him but so was Khadijah; and our love was not born out of instant lust but out of a good friendship, trust, companionship, support, and a very good connection with each other. Now, I love him as a husband, my intention is being with him as as a wife… I know that despite all, Allah's (SWT) will is unknown, sometimes misunderstood because we have our own expectations, and we don't understand the final goal … NOW MY QUESTION IS HOW TO INTERPRET ISTIKHARAH IN HIS SITUATION?? He is very confused, and I am too, I don't want to hurt either one of us… I have heard various ways in which you can receive an answer for Istikharah about what Allah (SWT) wills… Which one is best?!?! How does it work??? 1) In dreams: if you dream something white or green, or black it means different things…He didn't dream anything! 2) Getting the right feelings in the heart about one of the options right after performing the supplication… He performed it the first time and his answer was No… 3) Him or her will pray and the guidance will come to him felt in the heart rather than felt in any senses… 4)I have heard both that you have to listen to your elders and family, because they know you and Allah (SWT); and that you should not listen to them because they aren't feeling your connection to Allah (SWT) and it is through connection and trust in Allah(SWT) that you get your answer, no one else can hear his will for you… 5) Allah's (SWT) will make one option easier than the other. And, in this case things have been going very easy and well for us, which makes both of us very confused… HELP!!!

I have done a lot of research on this verse, on the internet, but still haven't found a pleasurable response. The verse states: **"So if you are in doubt as to what We have revealed unto you, then ask those who read the book (sent) before you. The Truth hath indeed come to you from your Lord, so be not of the doubters.”** 2 question comes in my mind when looking at this verse: 1. Why exactly does Allah mention the doubt in our prophet mind? 2. What exactly does it mean when Allah says "ask those who read the book (sent) before you"...as in ask the people of the gospel or the Torah? I hope you can clarify this verse for me so that it eliminates some doubts in my mind. If there's a better, English VERSION, of the tafsir if anyone finds can please link it in the comments below. Jazakallahu Khair.