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given his robe <strong>to</strong> <strong>Al</strong>-Abbas when <strong>Al</strong>-Abbas came<br />

<strong>to</strong> <strong>Al</strong>-Madinah.<br />

As for the Hadith,<br />

لَا تَصْحَبْ‏ إِل َّا مُؤْمِنًا،‏ وَلَا یَأْآُلْ‏ طَعَامَكَ‏ إِل َّا تَقِي<br />

Do not befriend but a believer, nor should other<br />

than a Taqi (pious person) eat your food.<br />

This is <strong>to</strong> encourage such behavior, and <strong>Al</strong>lah<br />

knows best.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Permission <strong>to</strong> Marry Chaste Women From the People <strong>of</strong><br />

the Scriptures<br />

<strong>Al</strong>lah said,<br />

وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ‏ مِنَ‏ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ‏ ...<br />

(Lawful <strong>to</strong> you in marriage) are chaste women from the<br />

believers.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Ayah states: you are allowed <strong>to</strong> marry free,<br />

chaste believing women.<br />

This Ayah is talking about women who do not commit<br />

fornication, as evident by the word `chaste'. <strong>Al</strong>lah said in<br />

another Ayah,<br />

مُحْصَنَت غَيْرَ‏ مُسَفِحَتٍ‏ وَلاَ‏ مُت َّخِذَاتِ‏ أَخْدَا ‏ٍن<br />

Desiring chastity not committing illegal sexual<br />

intercourse, nor taking them as boyfriends<br />

(lovers). (4:25)<br />

Abdullah Ibn Umar used <strong>to</strong> advise against marrying<br />

Christian women saying,<br />

"I do not know <strong>of</strong> a worse case <strong>of</strong> Shirk than her<br />

وَلاَ‏ said, saying that `Isa is her lord, while <strong>Al</strong>lah<br />

(And do not marry<br />

idolatresses till they believe).'' (2:221)<br />

تَنكِحُواْ‏ الْمُشْرِآَاتِ‏ حَت َّى يُؤْمِ‏ َّن<br />

...<br />

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