Is it religiously permissible to marry a woman from the people of the book under the Canadian Law?
A1. The majority of Muslim jurists are of the opinion that it is makrouh (religiously disliked) for a Muslim to marry a woman of the people of the book in a non-Muslim country. If a person finds it necessary, he must fulfil all conditions and Islamic legal requirements to make it Islamically valid. Here in Canada, there exists within the Muslim communities abundant Islamically qualified persons (ma’zoons) who are authorized by the Canadian government to perform the marriage contract.
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