What would happen if a Muslim man married a VERY dominant non-Muslim woman?

Question

What is the Islamic ruling or opinion on a couple in which the non-Muslim (Christian/Jewish) woman is the head of the house, earns the most income, takes care of the family, the bills, the kids, and the kids choose to follow her religion?

Would there be some sort of fault on the man for not pushing to raise them (let's pretend the kids just happened to choose her faith, and were exposed to both) in Islam?

Answer 1

Is this a hypothetical question, or are you seriously asking for advice using the third person? Either way, it is up to God which religion the children choose. I used to strongly identify as a Christan, and would not have ever thought I would one day be Muslim. I am the main bread winner, I am the dominant home maker, I take care of all except one bill. Despite these things, I still found the truth in Islam, and I will forever be grateful to my husband for helping me in this regard. As for our children, it is my hope they will be Muslim when they grow up, but neither their father or  I can not force them to do anything once they are old enough to think for themselves, and their relationship with God is something I would never try to force on them anyways.  

Answer 2

I would feel sorry for that Muslim guy!

Answer 3

Impossible, the weakest men are mean and dominant too ! :D

Answer 4

in such a case then he obviously does not care at all about his religion or kids so if his kids turn out as non-Muslims he has only himself to blame.  Of course he would be held accountable for this by Allah swt because even if his wife is not a Muslim this has nothing to do with his kids not being Muslim.  It just means he was too lazy and complacent to teach them.

Answer 5

For marrying atheist :

002.221 Do not marry unbelieving women (idolaters), until they believe: A slave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even though she allures you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers until they believe: A man slave who believes is better than an unbeliever, even though he allures you. Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the Fire. But Allah beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of bliss) and forgiveness, and makes His Signs clear to mankind: That they may celebrate His praise.

Al-Qur'an, 002.221 (Al-Baqara [The Cow])

But about Christian and jewess:

(1) Narrated Nafi': Whenever Ibn 'Umar was asked about marrying a Christian lady or a jewess, he would say: "Allah has made it unlawful for the believers to marry ladies who ascribe partners in worship to Allah, and I do not know of a greater thing, as regards to ascribing partners in worship, etc. to Allah, than that a lady should say that Jesus is her Lord although he is just one of Allah's slaves."  (Book #63, Hadith #209)

Answer 6

she will probably beat the c**p out of him.

Answer 7

IMO, according to Doc Naik, today, a Muslim man should not marry a Christain woman. This is because today's Christianity is TOTALLY different to the revealed word. A Muslim man, right now, can only marry a Muslim or a Jew

Apart from that, he's the head of the family, he should force his kids to follow Islam. He has to take care of the bils. It is FARD.  

Answer 8

Muslim men can not marry Jewish or Christian women today. Both of them reject prophet Muhammad(Salla Allahu alhahi Wa Salaam) and Jews reject Isa(Peace be upon him).  Christians are pagans. They worship Isa(peace be upon him), ALLAH(Subhanna wa ta'ala), and Jibrail(Gabriel) as three seperate dieties or one diety(Trinity).  The Trinity as we know is a pagan belief.  There are some Christian sects who now worship Mariam(Mary) the mother of Isa(Peace be upon him) along with Isa(peace be upon him), Jibrail, and ALLAH(Subhanna wa ta'ala).  And a Muslim man can't marry a pagan, a polytheist, an Atheist, an Agnostic, an idolater, or a Christian or Jew, because they don't believe in ALLAH(Subhanna wa ta'ala) and they don't recognize Islam as a religion.  A Muslim man is required to raise his children in Islam.  It is not the woman's right to expose her husband's children to her pagan religion.  All children are born in a stare of Fitrah(Islam).  It is their parents who make them a Muslim, Christian, Jew, etc.  No woman wants her child to be a different religion then her.  This therefore means that a Muslim man can't marry a Jew or Christian woman anymore because they won't allow their children to be raised as Muslims, and if their children are raised in Islam, they will ridicule their father and children for being Muslims.