"Judge between them or turn away from them. And if you turn away from them, they will not harm you at all" (5:42). This indicates that they are left to their own rulings if they do not come to us. Furthermore, the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) collected the jizya from the Magians of Hajar (27) and did not interfere with them in their rulings or their marriages, even with his knowledge that they deemed the marriage of their close kin (mahram) permissible. It has been narrated from Ahmad, regarding a Magian who married a Christian woman (30), that he said: 'Intervention is made between him and her.' It was said: 'Who intervenes between them?' He replied: 'The Imam.' Abu Bakr said: 'Because there is harm upon us in that,' meaning by the prohibition of the children of the Christian woman to us. This also applies to his view on a Christian marrying a Magian woman, and it follows from this opinion that intervention should be made between them and the marriage of their close kin; for 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, wrote: 'Separate between every close kin (mahram) among the Magians' (32). Ahmad also said, regarding a Magian who owned a Christian slave woman: 'Intervention is made between him and her, and he is compelled to sell her; because the Christians have a religion.' But if a Christian owns a Magian woman, there is no harm in him having intercourse with her. Abu Bakr 'Abd al-'Aziz said: 'It is not permissible for him to have intercourse with her either, due to the harm we have mentioned.'

1173 - Issue: He said: (If he marries her while they are both Muslims, and she apostatizes before consummation, the marriage is annulled and there is no dowry for her. If he is the one who apostatized before her and before consummation, it is the same, except that he is liable for half the dowry.)