Question:
Salam Alykum, i am a revert muslim 3 years ago and i have
strong faith of ALLAH, i live in qatar alone and i visit my non-
muslim parents just once a year, since i become a muslim i like
to stay in arab country were every street and every corner thier
is a mosque because its difficult to live in our city were no
muslim people around. all my family are non-muslim, all my
sisters and brothers are living in Europe with their family. this
coming december they have plan to have a family christmas
reunion with all family members, this is a first time i will meet
all the family members since i revert to islam i have fear of
ALLAH, my question is how can i join them just to please them
as my mother ask this favor for me? i love my mom and i never
say no to her i missed also my sisters and my only brother. and
i bought also a new house for my parents but they want to
have house blessing to that house were im going to stay (house
blessing in christian practice the priest will come to that house
to pray and put their holy water in every corner of the house)
Is it permissible for me to perform Sallah/prayer in that house
were their are crosses and picture of Jesus? i try to convince my
father also to convert to Islam but the problem is i just have a
little knowledge i cannot give him appropriate answer i really
need someone who have good knowledge that can help my
father to convert to Islam, i wish to bring him here to attend
islamic Studies in Fanar center but the Immigration deny my
visa application for him as he is now 75 years old. please
advice me,JazzakAllah khair. may Allah bless us all
Fatwa:
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that
Muhammad is His Slave and Messenger.
First of all, we congratulate you for the favor of Islam that
Allaah The Almighty has bestowed on you, and we ask Him to
increase your faith, certitude and keenness on doing good. We
advise you to seek, as much as you could, to do what helps
you keep firm and avoid temptations, such as marriage. You
should seek the aid of some of your righteous sisters, or your
Muslim brothers who are in charge of Islamic organizations and
Da‘wah centers to search for a righteous man to marry you, in
order to help you in the matter of your religion.
As for maintaining kinship ties with your parents and relatives,
through visits and all permissible ways that maintain kinship
ties, this is permissible for you. Allaah The Almighty Says (what
means): {Allaah does not Forbid you from those who do not
fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your
homes - from being righteous toward them and acting justly
toward them. Indeed, Allaah loves those who act justly.}[Quran
60:8]
Furthermore, Al-Bukhaari entitled in his Saheeh a
chapter: “Maintaining kinship ties with the polytheistic parents”,
under which he included the Hadeeth on the authority of
Asmaa’ in which she said: "During the period of the treaty
made by the Messenger of Allaah (with the disbelievers), my
mother came to me desirous (of a gift from me), thereupon I
asked the Messenger of Allaah : "Should I maintain kinship ties
with her?" He said, “Yes.”
However, if you fear to be harmed in your religion from
visiting them, then, it is impermissible for you to visit them, for
the benefit of guarding your religion should be given priority
over any other benefit. But, at the same time, you may maintain
kinship ties with them through other means such as phone
calls, sending gifts to them, etc.