Imaam said the marriage between Muslim male and Christian female is not valid. The reason he gave was that christians believe Esa-alai-usalam as son of god. Every christian believes that. in that case there should not be no more marriages taking place at all. please give me the answers in detail. Assalam-o-alaikum
It is not permissible for a Muslim female to marry a non-Muslim male. However, a Muslim male may marry only Christian or Jewish female. It is not permissible for a Muslim male to marry any other non-Muslim female.
The reason it is permissible for the Muslim male to marry a non-Muslim female is that he would be able to easily convince the Christian or Jewish wife into accepting Islam. There is a possibility of the non-Muslim male convincing his Muslim wife into abandoning Islam. Therefore, Islam has considered her feminine nature and protected her correct beliefs from being a victim of abuse from the male dominance.
The Muslim husband is not obliged to pressurize his Christian/Jewish wife to accept Islam. He may apply wisdom and diplomacy and only influence her to Islam. In Islam, a female is equally respected as a male, however, due to the different masculine and feminine natures, Islam believes in separation of roles.
It is obvious that there are many things a male can do, which is not easily possible for a female and vice versa.
And Allah Ta’ala knows best
Mufti E. Desai