 وَأَقُولُ فِي القُرْعَانِ مَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ آيَاتُوهُ فَهُوَ الْكَارِيمُ المُنزَالُهُ وَأَقُولُ قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ والمصطفة الهدي وَلَا أَتْ أَوْوَالُهُ وَلَعَبْدُ مُؤْمِنُ خَيْرُ مِنْ مُشْرِكٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكُمْ أُولَائِكَ يَدْعُونَ إِلَا النَّارِ وَاللَّهُ يَدْعُوا إِلَا الجَنَّةِ وَالْمَغْفِرَةِ بِإِذْنِهِ وَيُبَيِّنُ آياتِهِ لِالنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَرُونِ الله سبحانه وتعالى He says حتى يؤمنوا until they believe in Allah until they surrender to Allah until they submit to Allah's religion do not marry your daughters do not marry your sisters do not marry your don't marry your women to these disbelievers Allah is clearly and categorically saying that until when حتى يؤمنوا until they believe then Allah goes on to saying وَلَعَبْدُ مُؤْمِنُ الخَيْرُ مِنْ مُشْرِكٍ a believing man is always better than a disbeliever وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكُمْ however much this disbeliever fascinates you he may fascinate you in his character he may attract you in his personality his charisma, his humor the way he looks, his appearance his physique all of that Allah is saying the believer is always better Allah then goes on to saying these people are calling you to the hellfire the people who are advocating that a believing woman can marry a disbeliever are calling you to the hellfire they are calling you to destruction they are calling you to the hellfire that's what they are calling you to وَلَوْ يَدْرُوا إِلَا جَنَّةِ وَالْمَغْفِرَةِ بِإِذْنِ Allah is calling you to paradise Allah is also calling you to his forgiveness Allah wants to expiate your sins for you Allah wants to take you to paradise Allah wants to put you in a high position in paradise Allah goes on to saying وَيُبَيْ يُنُوا آيَاتِ Allah is clarifying his verses to you للناس العالم يتذكرون perhaps they can remember In another ayah Allah says فَإِنْ عَنِمْتُ مُهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَاتِ فَلَا تَرْجِعُهُنَّ إِلَا الْكُفْارِ لَهُنَّ حِلُّ لَهُمْ وَلَهُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّةِ Allah is talking to the prophet in this ayah Allah is saying to the prophet these women who have come to you Muhammad who migrated to Medina if you've come to realize you've now gained knowledge that these women are believers do not return these believing women to their husbands who are disbelievers why? Allah says لَهُنَّ حِلُّ لَهُمْ وَلَهُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّةِ they are not allowed to be with one another they are not allowed to stay together they can't be in a relationship together a believing woman cannot be in a relationship with a disbeliever so what is the prophet commanded to do here he's told and he's commanded to separate them they've been married before as disbelievers both of them are disbelievers now the woman has now become a believer Allah is telling the prophet to separate them what would the situation then be a woman who's a believer she's going to a disbelieving man this is not a marriage this is fornication this is zina this is adultery it's haram بإجماعي أهل العلم ابن قدامة transmitted a consensus ابن عبدالبر رحمة الله transmitted a consensus اليمام الشوكاني transmitted a consensus ابن المندر transmitted a consensus يعني there are no difference of opinion in this issue the ayat are clear cut that's what Allah سبحانه وتعالى he says ولين يجعل الله Allah has not made للكافرين على المؤمنين سريلا Allah has not made a disbelieving man authority over a believing woman a disbeliever cannot have authority over a woman when a man and a woman marry there has to be someone in charge الرجال قوامون على النسة a man is in charge of the relationship just like a country there has to be a person in charge in a relationship there is someone who is in charge who is in charge is the man so a believing woman will end up being controlled by who a disbeliever not only that the believing woman will give birth to a child for who a disbeliever and the name of who would be carried on here whose lineage is she carrying on whose offspring will this it's the disbelieving man and so she is now spreading she is increasing the numbers of the disbelievers Islam does not permit that ولذلك our messenger عليه الصلاة والسلام his own daughter this happened to زيناب رضي الله تعالى عنها the prophet's daughter عليه الصلاة والسلام she was married to أبي العاصب للربيع أبي العاصب للربيع was a disbelieving man he didn't believe in the prophet he didn't believe in Allah سبحانه وتعالى okay now the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم the battle of bedar took place the prophet took العاصب للربيع the prophet took him as a captive and he was from the captives of the battle of bedar the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said to him you will be freed with the condition that you return my daughter زيناب to me you return my daughter زيناب to me and you will be freed you're a free man you can go but return my daughter back to me he then said okay I will he then went back he returned the prophet's daughter back to him why because he's a disbeliever and the prophet's daughter is a believer and then الحمد لله أبي العاصب للربيع he took Islam he converted to Islam he reverted to Islam he embraced Islam and the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم have returned زيناب back to him she's your wife now because you're a believing man and she's a believing woman so what I say brothers and sisters after we've heard what the Quran has to say we've heard the Quranic discourse we've heard what the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم did we've also seen the consensus that these great scholars I mentioned ابن المنذر ابن قدامة ابن عبد البر الامام الشوكاني these scholars are mentioning they are all saying there is no difference of opinion after that what path is open for you what choice do you have الله says وما كان لمؤمن ولا مؤمنة إذا قضى الله ورسوله أمرى أن يكون لهم الخيرات بنعمرهم after Allah and His Messenger have passed a law in a matter Allah and His Messenger have given a final verdict in a matter you and I have no choice all that is open for us is submission we have to accept what Allah and His Messenger said الله سبحانه وتعالى he said about the believing man now when they are called the believers the people who have tasted إيمان when they are called to Allah's law when they are called to Allah's judgment when they are told Allah has passed a law in this issue Allah has passed a verdict in this issue what do they do إذا دعوا إلى الله ورسوله يحكوم بينهم أن يقولوا سمعنا واطعنا they say we hear oh Allah and we obey they don't question Allah's verdict they don't question الله تبارك وتعالى's judgments and the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم they don't put their desires in the statement of Allah and His Messenger there is no other path that will bring us success and prosperity and good and harmony and tranquility and joy except the law of Allah and the law of His Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم Allah created us He knows us better than ourselves He knows what's good for us He knows what our body needs He knows what our minds need He knows what we bring about happiness we'll remove from us grief we'll remove from us sorrow only Allah knows سبحانه وتعالى how are we going to question الله عز و جل in His judgment when He's the same Lord who created you Your agenda He's the one who created Your essence He brought you into this world He governs you He controls you He runs your affairs the same way He didn't consult you in creating you He doesn't have to consult you in His judgments and the law He passed and the verdict that He gives brothers and sisters submit and the Lord has to say سبحانه وتعالى anything which I have said that was wrong or incorrect is from me الشيطان أن الله has this message are free from it سبحانك الله وبحمدك أشدو الله إله إلا الله أستغفرواك وأتوبوا إليه