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How is it permissible for a Muslim to marry a Christian woman while considering her a "filthy disbeliever"? If Sabeanism is a true religion, then how could Allah Almighty send two religions to the same people at the same time? How could the Prophet of Islam be a Hanif when Hanifism was preceded by three religions, which means he should have been a Christian to be a believer?

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Firstly: Our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, did not marry a Christian woman, and Maria al-Qibtiyya embraced Islam.

Secondly: Allah Almighty permitted a Muslim man to marry a woman from the People of the Book (a Jewess or a Christian) because she believes in the existence of Allah and His oneness in general, and because a Muslim believes in her scripture and her messenger, which provides a basis for understanding and enables him to invite her to Islam.

Thirdly: The Sabaeans are not adherents of an independent heavenly religion; rather, they are various sects and schools of thought, and thus the question about them is fundamentally moot.

Fourthly: Hanifiyyah means inclining away from polytheism towards monotheism, and it is the essence of Islam brought by all prophets, as they all called to monotheism. This is not subject to abrogation; rather, their laws differed in matters of lawful and unlawful.

Finally: Islam is the true religion that Allah accepts no other.

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