In the Name of Allah, the All Merciful, the Mercy-Giving

 

All praise is due to Allah. Peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad.

 

May Allah keep you steadfast on His path and protect you against the whispers of Satan.

 

The very essence of Islam is to feel and express full submission to Allah and His injunctions. Almighty Allah says in the Quran what means “Thus it is not ever [befitting] for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter, to have for themselves a [contrary] choice in their affairs. For whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has truly strayed into clear misguidance.” [33:36]

A clear Quranic injunction declares, “O you who believe! When believing women come to you as Émigrés, test their [sincerity]- and it is Allah [alone] who knows best about their faith.  Thus if you find them to be believing women, then do not return them to the disbelievers. They are not lawful [wives] for them. Nor are [the disbelievers] lawful [husbands] for them.“ [60:10]

 

Muslim jurists, thus, are in agreement that a Muslim woman may not remain in actual wedlock with a non-Muslim. This means that this man is no longer a lawful husband for you, unless he converts to Islam.

 

In fact, you should have started to observe `iddah (waiting period) of three menstrual periods after which you may get married to another Muslim husband, if he still does not accept Islam. You may also wait until your husband accepts Islam, if you hope that he will one day.

 

My advice to you is to work hard to strengthen and increase your faith to be able to comply with Islamic teachings with love and content. You have to believe firmly that it is Allah who manages the affairs of our life and that whatever He has decreed and chosen for us is based on His all-encompassing Knowledge and comprehensive wisdom.

 

You should pray to Allah earnestly to guide the heart of your husband to Islam. You should talk to your husband and try to show to him the magnificence of Islam and how it is the only way of salvation.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.