If a Muslim decides he/she never wants to get married are they allowed to have sex outside of marriage?
929814
No, if a Muslim decides he/she never wants to get married they r not allowed to have sex outside marriage.. It is considered a sin. Also Christians in the Eastern cultures u r talking about do not have premarital sex, they consider it a sin. There r Muslims and Christians who do not commit to that but they know it is a sin anyway.
663750
Yes they do. They call them people of the "book".\n\nMuslims do not allow women to marry outside their religion though. even to the people of the "book".\n\nThey had one book and thought they had hit a jackpot.\n\nBut seriously speaking they used to behead people who refused to convert and take their women in. so it was declared legal.
223633
No. According to Islam, a person has the right to choose his religion. He can switch to any religion he or she want.
462741
if she accepts, GO AND MARRY HERE, what is the problem,,??she does not have to convert,,, at all (marriage for Muslims is a contract without religious ceremony\n\nPeople People, it is allowed for muslims to get married to a christian or Jew  without the need to convert,, This is fact, if any muslim  says different either he is lying or does not know anything about his religion  (Study what u claim u belong to, before asking)
689536
Hello Levente...\n\nFor a practising Muslim, any kind of western style dating is not allowed... Holding hands, hugging, kissing, oral sex, even being in the same room alone together are banned!\n\nLet me explain...\n\nOutside marriage any kind of fornication is a sin, and by fornication a mean anything even a lustful look. There is a Hadith that says that it worse for a man to have an axe through his head than even accidentally touch who is not his mahram (wife or blood relative) women.\nFor women (like me) when I'm outside or with non mahram, I must wear hijab (cover myself fully) and I'm not allowed to be alone with a man. etc etc.\n\nWhen I do decide to get married it is not Islamic to have a long engagement etc. And I won't be alone with my fiance until after marriage. Typically family and friends help find prospective partners, and then arrange a meeting where maybe they leave us 2 in a room, and they wait outside with the door open! And then if you are still not sure it is OK to ask questions by phone etc, before you get married.\n\nAs you see it is very different from the western version of romance!! \n\n\nOf course not all Muslim women follow the Koran as strictly as this and we do live in the modern world..but this is the ideal!\n\nAnd I forgot... Its the same for men too of course they are not allowed relationships outside marriage too
726914
Naturally. Not that any major religion is asking for everyone to be celibate. They'll talk of abstinence before marriage, perhaps, but they allow marriage, and of course they're OK with married folks tossing sexual abstinency out the window. At any rate, you'll hear Catholics, among others, argue that the more secular an industrialized society gets, the lower the birth rate goes. Many leaders of the faithful want higher birth rates ... so you'll have trouble linking faith and universal celibacy.
890005
Guess what? Your source for your question previously is not entirely correct. Women are, in fact, allowed the right to divorce. Also, a person who speaks ill of Prophet Muhammad(swt), etc isn't sentenced to death - at least not from what I've read in fiqh books. \n\nAnd yes it is the duty of every Muslim to adhere to the Shariah as long as it is from Quran and Sunnah. period.
302978
No it is not.  It is called the sin of fornication.  That is what sex before marriage is called.  Certainly a true Christian would not be actively engaged in sex before marriage.  A true Christian, who made a mistake, would be repentant and try not to be doing it anymore.
670627
The guy should not be shoving the religion down your throat.  It is up to you to convert when and if you ever are ready. It's not a requirement because Muslim men are able to marry women of the book (ie, Christian, Jew, etc), but if you want to have children in the future, it will become an issue because Muslims who marry outside the religion want their children to be raised Muslim.  I will tell you that being married to a Muslim is difficult, just as it may be with any man of any race or religion, but there are so many more rules and a lot of jealousy and insecurity for no apparent reason.  Best of luck to you. :)
648989
My personal opinion is that a 15 year old girl can't give "her permission" to a marriage (regardless which age the husband has). A girl that's not even a woman doesn't know what marriage means. \n\nFor the other question, I never had "illegal sexual partners" (as you said) before I married. This is very common. I think all people in the world that are faithful in any kind of religion try to stay virgin before they marry.
865698
There is no obsession with female chastity in Islam. True you are to remain a virgin till you are married but that is for men and women. There are several reasons for this, but Islam is not the only religion that promotes staying a virgin till marriage. And as for walking several paces behind there husbands this is a cultural thing, I bet the people you see doing it are either Indian or Pakistani Muslims (not that im saying all are like that ). I walk with my husband taking his arm or holding his hand. I'm a British Muslim, and my husband is an Arab. There are many women out there oppressed and in abusive marriages, that aren't aloud to leave the house without there husband, who are beaten, who are prisoners in there own homes and they are not of any religious denomination at all.  So yes you are wrong to link them to Islamic culture, but they do occur in Islam just like in christian, Jewish, Catholic, Protestant and atheist homes and men who are bullies and women oppressors come from all walks of life, all religions, all countries, all cultures. In Islam women are repected and treated like gold by there husbands, in our homes its the husbands islamic dutie to help 50/50. I for one have never felt more safe and respected. Full face veils are worn by choice there is nothing in Islam that says you have to cover your face and the small percentage of women who do, do so by choice, they do it for God not there husbands.
316117
you got it. Its a cultural thing. Its a sin to indulge in pre marital sex. for 18 or more years they are told its wrong to have sex before marriage. You cannot convince them over a few months to change such an instilled value. Unless they agree on their own. And don't you dare go on forcing yourself on them because its not your right to do so.
954652
I am sure they do, but I certianly hope not.  I am a muslim, and Islam does promote the belief in spirits watching.  That's why a man and woman, when married, are allowed to see each other naked, but it's better to only take off what is necessary because "they are watching".
784809
Islamic law forbids the marriage of a Muslim woman to a non-Muslim man; and of a Muslim man to any but a "woman of the book" meaning a Muslim, Christian, Jewish or Zoroastrian woman. Whom he is then supposed to convert; and all children would be deemed Muslim.\n\nThe  penalty for apostasy or blasphemy is death.\n\nInterfaith marriage cannot be performed in Israel. There has been a handful of anomalous cases. http://oznik.com/words/021212.html Some marriages, usually between Jews and Christians, occur abroad and are recognized in Israel. The current political climate makes intermarriage between Muslim and Jew extremely rare: http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~imran/marrynm.txt Some are immigrants: http://la.indymedia.org/news/2006/11/188133_comment.php\n\nOne notable case is the daughter of an Israeli hero, Agnon, who converted to Islam to marry a Muslim, and in later life converted back: http://english.aad-online.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1165\n\nAs Christian Palestinians are emigrating from Palestine (as Christians also are from Lebanon, and throughout the Middle East) iin large numbers, the demographics of the area are changing. Christians, but far less frequently Muslims, from those areas integrate and assimilate and intermarry in Europe, the USA, Canada and Australia.\n\n"The Jews and Arabs should settle their disputes in the true spirit of Christian charity."  -- Sen. Alexander Wiley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Wiley
299609
Have your parents arrange a marriage. Good Muslim women don't date.
909240
the only sex that's forbidden is the following\n\n1- anal sex.\n2- sex during the Menstrual Period.\n3- sex right after giving birth.\n4 sex during fasting.\n\nas far as positions do it however you and your spouse desire.\npeace.
159284
If I married a muslim who wants to marry another woman I would have to ask him first why he wants to marry another woman.There must be a reason.If his answer was something like 'cause I'm sick of you *which would be a sin anyway* I'll just divorce him, yeah muslim women can divorce men..\n\nIt's like knowing your husband is cheating on you, would you leave him? even if you love him very much? \n\nIf I loved him very much I might learn how to tolerate it.But he has to come up with a good reason why he wants to marry another woman.For instance, if I'm sick and can't be a wife or anything like that, I might agree.