Is it a Sin for a Sikh to Marry a Non-Sikh?

Sat Siri Akal,
The most important thing to remember is to have good human values. In my opinion good human values are above any religion. It doesn't matter who marries who, if they both have good values they can find a way out. And no, it is not a sin to marry out of caste or religion. If God is one and we are all equal then how can it be a sin........ Believing in god and following religion are 2 different things in my opinion. The reason being, religion is influenced by human politics. people take and shun what they think and believe is convienent to them.
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But again, I wouldn't like my 2 sons to marry a white, black or a muslim. Purely because it is easier to settle in your own culture. As it is one has to compromise and work together towards making the marriage work and it may became less stressful if both the partners were from the same culture and religion to give them basic similarity. Marrying a muslim means converting into another religion which I don't agree with.

 
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Is It A Sin For A Sikh To Marry A Non-Sikh?

May I say:

Is it a sin for the world to have any other religion other than Sikh?

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If the answer is "No", then the answer to the above I presume is "No" too.

But, it would be easier and be of less conflict would the couple be practicing the same religion.

And not a Sikh mother must marry her son to a Sikh girl?

According to Sikhism what people believe in, it is as per His Ordinance, so how it can be sin to be of other faith than Sikhism?
. Sin word is very strong word, I think it should not be used in context of inter marriages. Most of inter faith marriages do not survive; however, there are a few examples of successful marriages too, in that case one partner accepts partners religion. In case of Muslims, it is really difficult issue. Among Hindu and Sikhs it is more common.

PK 70 wrote:
Amitabh Bachan's mother belonged to Sikhism but she dumped it, Geeta Bali though married Shammi Kapoor but kept her faith alive by having every year "Akhand path" in her Bombay house, all agreed with her and appreciated her efforts. Now do you care about the first one? I dont. For the second, Yes I do.
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I have a personal incident in relation to this. During the 1947 partition riots, a person from my maternal village (technically that would be my village Mama) saw a very beautiful girl from a Muslim Nai Family. He was visiting Punjab from Malaysia (then called Malaya and under the British). It was love at firts sight and furthermore he saved the girl from being murdered by a frenzied sikh mob. To cut the story short he eloped with the girl and came back to Malaya and married her. She became Sikh, anand karaj and all. Her four sons and two daughters were brought up as perfect Gursikhs and she was Pardhaan of the local Sukhmani Society/isteri satsang for six decades...when time came for her death..she whispered to her eldest son that she had written down her last wishes and the paper was in her perosnal drawer. What she ahd written was...Circumstances forced me to live the life i have lived. I did whatever was required by the religion of my husband - but my own religion in my heart is Islama nd i have always kept that alive. Thus i want to be buried as per Islamic traditions as i am a muslim. She was 86 when she died and she had married at age 14. The Family ignored her last wishes as they were afraid of the backlash - both from the local sikhs and muslims....so she was cremated according to sikh rites....I respect the woman for her conviction. She learnt the Gurbani for her family..and prayed in secret the islamic way for herself..is that deception ?/ I dont think so...
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Gyani jarnail Singh

Gyani Jarnail Singh ji
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This about your story. If she cannot come out and say I am a Muslim and I will practice Islam then it is out of fear. Plus she made a assumption that her husband will not accept her as a Muslim. Hiding something this big only destroys who you are. The fact she told her eldest son this and had written the letter shows that she lived in misery. She wanted to speak out and say I am a Muslim but she could not out of fear. This just creates stress, which is not good for a persons health.
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To write on the question that started this thread; it comes down to who you put first the Guru or your person needs.

Dear Veer ' SINGH ' ji,
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Q1) Is it a sin for a Sikh to marry a non-Sikh even though he stays in Sikhism and his partner remains in her religion?
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Q2) Is it a sin for a Sikh to marry a non-Sikh and converts to his partner's religion?

marriage should be based on love & not on religion. If two people of different religion deeply love each other, they will not demand their partner to convert their religion.Infact respect each others religion.

We are born in a specific religion because God wants us to be in that religion by converting your religion you are going against the wishes of the Almighty.

Just marrying a person who is non sikh is not a sin this is what I feel, maybe i am wrong.

I have seen a couple sikh husband & christian wife. They visit both to the Gurudwara as well as the church and they have 2 lovely kids who follow both religions & actively participate in both religious activities. I can say this is love and not sin just because a sikh has married a non sikh. Love is not sin.

Hi.
Love is God not a sin. One is always marry to another human being not because of his religion,colour,origion or any other reason but just love and live together in this God given world.

Sin word is created by human being to scare you from the God. God loves you know matter what your actions are. Never punishes any one. Simply understand that the old saying:"what you sow ,so shall you will reap"
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On the top of every thing if any one is talking about the God is biggest liar. Like river can not talk about the ocean. No one can creat,suppose,or explain about the God. We are tiny tiny little things on this earth and imagine understanding the God when we have not understood ourselevs yet.
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We decide and differnciate the people by thier relegion through our beliefs .But all religion are the same that there is one God. God has no religion then why should one worry about what people says.You know why ? if all preachers start preaching one God and love in thier preaching they will no job left to organize their religion self made manuplated teachings.

So we become slaves of their teaching which make us hate other religion because they are not in you group, Many wars are going on and happend in the past when different religion people were hunted down because of their faith of worshiping the God was not the same .

But it is more tolerent now than before but still very strong in uneducated countries.

Love is above all.

Good luck
Jaspi