Marrying a non-Muslim Woman

Question:

Wa alaykum salam wa rahamtuLlahi wa barakatuHu,

Imam Nawawi mentioned the non-Muslim woman as one of three types:

1) A woman from the People of Revealed Books (meaning a Christian or Jew), she is permissible with certain conditions.

2) A woman from people who have no revealed scripture, she is not permissible.

3) A woman from people who have something which is doubtful of being a revealed scripture (like the Majusi), she is not permissible.

(See: Rawdat al-Talibin v. 5, p. 441-442 Maktabah Tawfiqiyyah print, v. 7, p. 135 Maktab Islami print.)

And Allah knows best.

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