2. DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE
• MARRIAGEIS A SOCIALLY OR RITUALLY RECOGNIZED UNION OR LEGAL CONTRACT BETWEEN SPOUSES
THAT ESTABLISHES RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS BETWEEN THEM, BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN,
AND BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR IN-LAWS
3. DEFINITION OF INTERFAITH MARRIAGE
• INTERFAITH MARRIAGE, TRADITIONALLY CALLED MIXED MARRIAGE, IS MARRIAGE (EITHER RELIGIOUS OR
CIVIL) BETWEEN PARTNERS PROFESSING DIFFERENT RELIGIONS.
5. AL-BAQARAH: 221
•ْؤُم ٌةَمَ ََل َو َّنِمْؤُي ىَّتَح ِتاَك ِرْشُمْال واُحِكْنَت ََل َوِرْشُم ْنِم ٌْريَخ ٌةَنِمِكْنُت ََل َو ْمُكْتَبَجْعَأ ْوَل َو ٍةَكَح َينِك ِرْشُمْال واُحٌنِمْؤُم ٌدْبَعَل َو واُنِمْؤُي ىَّت
َلِإ َونُعْدَي َكِئَلوُأ ْمُكَبَجْعَأ ْوَل َو ٍك ِرْشُم ْنِم ٌْريَخْدَي ُ َّاَّل َو ِارَّنال ىِب ِةَرِفْغَمْال َو ِةَّنَجْال ىَلِإ وُعَيََ ُنِنيَبُي َو ِِِنِِْْإُرَّكََْتَي ْمَُُّنَعَل ِِاَّننِل ِِِتاَون
• “AND DO NOT MARRY POLYTHEISTIC WOMEN UNTIL THEY BELIEVE. AND A BELIEVING SLAVE WOMAN IS
BETTER THAN A POLYTHEIST, EVEN THOUGH SHE MIGHT PLEASE YOU. ANDDO NOT MARRY POLYTHEISTIC
MEN [TO YOUR WOMEN] UNTIL THEY BELIEVE. AND A BELIEVING SLAVE ISBETTER THAN A POLYTHEIST,
EVEN THOUGH HE MIGHT PLEASE YOU. THOSE INVITE [YOU] TO THE FIRE,BUT ALLAH INVITES TO PARADISE
AND TO FORGIVENESS, BY HIS PERMISSION. AND HE MAKES CLEAR HIS VERSES TO THE PEOPLE THAT
PERHAPS THEY MAY REMEMBER.”
6. AL-MAIDAH: 5
•ُتوُأ َينَِّْلا ُماَعَط َو ُاتَبِنيَّالط ُمُكَل َّل ِحُأ َم ْوَيْالِح ْمُكُماَعَط َو ْمُكَل ٌّل ِح ََابتِكْال واَصْحُمْال َو ْمَُُل ٌّلَّلا َنِم َُاتنَصْحُمْال َو ِتَانِمْؤُمْال َنِم َُاتنُتوُأ َينِْْمُكِنْبَق ْنِم ََابتِكْال وا
ِحِفاَسُم َْريَغ َينِن ِصْحُم َّنُهَورُجُأ َّنُهوُمُتْيَتََ اَِْإَي ْنَم َو ٍانَدْخَأ يِْ ِخَّتُم ََل َو َينَََف ِانَميِ ْْاِب ْرُفْكَنِم ِةَر ِخَ ْْا ِف َُوه َو ُُِنَمَع َطِبَح ْدَين ِرِسَاخْال
• “THIS DAY [ALL] GOOD FOODS HAVE BEEN MADE LAWFUL, AND THE FOOD OFTHOSE WHO WERE
GIVEN THE SCRIPTURE IS LAWFUL FOR YOU AND YOUR FOOD IS LAWFUL FOR THEM. AND
[LAWFUL IN MARRIAGE ARE] CHASTE WOMEN FROM AMONG THE BELIEVERS AND CHASTE
WOMEN FROM AMONG THOSE WHO WERE GIVEN THE SCRIPTURE BEFORE YOU,WHEN YOU HAVE
GIVEN THEM THEIR DUE COMPENSATION, DESIRING CHASTITY, NOT UNLAWFUL SEXUAL
INTERCOURSE OR TAKING [SECRET] LOVERS. AND WHOEVER DENIES THE FAITH - HIS WORK HAS
BECOME WORTHLESS, AND HE, IN THE HEREAFTER, WILL BE AMONG THE LOSERS.”
7. MOSLEM WOMEN WITH NON-MOSLEM MAN
• ALL SCHOLARS AGREE THAT MUSLIM WOMAN IS PROHIBITED (HARAM) TO MARRY NON-MUSLIM MEN, BOTH
SCRIBER AND POLYTHEISTS.
AS-SAYID SABIQ MENTION SOME ARGUMENTS CONCERNING THIS PROHIBITION ABOUT MUSLIM WOMEN MARRY
NON-MUSLIM MEN:
• POLYTHEISTIC SHOULD NOT DOMINATE PEOPLE'S ISLAM IS BASED ON SURAH NISA: 141
• POLYTHEISTIC S MEN AND SCRIBER S WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND HIS WIFE'S RELIGION IS MUSLIM, OTHERWISE
REJECT AND DENY THE TEACHINGS OF THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET.
• IN A MIXED HOUSEHOLD, THE COUPLE LIVED AND LIVED TOGETHER AS MUCH DIFFERENCE.
8. MUSLIM MEN WITH POLYTHEISTIC WOMAN
• THE SCHOLARS AGREED TO FORBID MUSLIM MEN MARRIED TO POLYTHEISTICWOMEN (IDOLATERS). THE
MEANING OF POLYTHEISTIC WOMEN HERE INCLUDE PAGAN WOMEN (AL-WASANIYAH), ATHEIST
(ZINDIQIYAH), THE APOSTATE FEMALE, AND FIRE WORSHIPERS.
9. MOSLEM MAN WITH SCRIBER WOMAN
• DIFFERENT OPINION ABOUT MOSLEM MAN MARRY WITH SCRIBE WOMAN ACCORDING TO FOUR
SCHOLAR:
Hanafi Maliki Syafi’I Hambali
War area (dar
al-harb)
Forbidden
(Haram)
Absolutely
makruh
(makruh
mutlak)
Really makruh
(tasydid al-
karahah
Allowed
(mubah)
Dzimmi
scriber
Makruh Absolutely
makruh
(makruh
mutlak)
Makruh Allowed
(mubah)
10. INTERFAITH MARRIAGE BASED ON POSITIVE
LAW IN INDONESIA
• THE BASIC LAW OF MARRIAGE IN INDONESIA THERE ARE SOME RULES:
1. CIVIL LAW BOOKS
2. ‘UU NO. 1/1974’ ABOUT MARRIAGE
3. ‘UU NO. 7/1989’ ABOUT RELIGIOUS COURTS
4. ‘PP NO. 9/1975’ ABOUT IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS ‘UU NO.1/1974’
5. PRESIDENTIAL INSTRUCTION ‘NO. 1/1991’ ABOUT COMPILATION OF ISLAMIC LAW IN INDONESIA
11. THREE INTERPRETATION ABOUT INTERFAITH
MARRIAGE
• INTERPRETATIONWHICH ARGUES THAT INTERFAITH MARRIAGE IS A VIOLATION OF ‘UU. 1/1974’ SECTION
2, SUBSECTION 1 SECTION 8 F.
• INTERFAITH MARRIAGE IS LEGITIMATE AND CAN BE HELD.
• INTERFAITH MARRIAGE IS NOT REGULATED AT ALL IN ‘UU. 1/1974’.