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Is it permissible to marry an Israeli woman, knowing that my friend is married to one?

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Marriage to chaste, virtuous women from the People of the Book is an exception to the prohibition of marrying polytheist women.

Marrying a Jewish woman residing in occupied Palestine (a woman of a belligerent state) has a special ruling. The majority of jurists permit it, though with some disapproval. However, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Umar, Al-Nakha'i, Mujahid, Al-Thawri, Al-Hakam, and some Hanafite jurists in one narration, consider it forbidden.

Malik disapproved of marrying women from belligerent states due to the concern of leaving children in a land of war, and due to their handling of alcohol and pork.

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