For: Ibn Abbaas (in one report), Al-Hasan, Mujaahid and Ar-Rabee` ibn Anas Al-Basri (according to Dr. Al-Husayni), Sufyaan ibn Sa`eed, Abd-ur-Rahmaan ibn Umar, Al-Awzaa`i, Az-Zuhri, Maalik (though he disliked marriage to a non-Muslim woman from the enemy, said Al-Jabri), Ibn Hazm Al-Andalusi, Ibn Salaama, Ibn Al-Baarizi, Abdullah ibn Umar (who said it was the other way around, 2:221 abrogated 5:5), Dr. Umar Farrookh (according to Al-Jabri), Ali Mahfoozh (implied, according to Al-Jabri).
Against: The majority (according to Dr. Faaris citing Ibn Abbaas), Uthmaan ibn `Affaan (implied as he married a Christian woman named Naa'ila bint Al-Faraafisa), Talha ibn Ubaydillah (implied as he married a Jewish woman from Areeha), Jaabir (who ruled that marriage to People of the Book is lawful), Huzhayfa ibn Al-Yamaan (implied as he married a Christian woman), Ibn Abbaas (in another report in which he allowed marriage to people of the Book), Ibn Umar (implied by his dislike of marrying from People of the Book. He also said it was 5:5 that was abrogated, according to Ibn Salaama), Sa`eed ibn Jabeer, Taawoos, Al-Hasan (according to Al-Khazraji), Ikrima, As-Sha`bi and Ad-Dhahhaak, Qataada, Sa`eed ibn al-Musayyib (according to Dr. Faaris), Yahya ibn Al-Husayn aka Al-Haadi (who interpreted 5:5 to mean a woman who converted to Islam, said Aş-Şa`di), Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baaqir and Al-Qaasim ibn Ismail Al-Hasani (according to Aş-Şa`di), Ash-Shaafi`i (in one report), Abu-Haneefa (implied), At-Tabari (according to Dr. Zayd), Al-Asfahaani, Makki and An-Nahhaas (quoted by Dr. Faaris), Abu-Abdillah Shu`la (reported by Dr. Faaris), As-Suyooti (implied in his book الإكليل, page 177, according to Al-Jabri), Shah Waliullah Dehlvi, M. Rasheed Ridha and Mahmood Shaltoot (implied; both forbade marrying non-Muslims), Al-Jabri (though he firmly forbids marrying non-Muslims), Dr. Mustafa Zayd, Dr. Ahmad Hijaazi As-Saqqa, Dr. Az-Zalmi, Husaam Al-Ghaali, Dr. N.A. Tantaawi, Dr. Ali Jum`a, Dr. M. Ibrahim Faaris (implied by his approval of Shu`la's opinion).
Unclear: Umar ibn Al-Khattaab (he prohibited marrying non-Muslims, wrote Al-Jabri), Maalik, An-Nakh`i and Al-Mawdoodi (they disliked marriage to non-Muslims, wrote Al-Jabri), Ibn Jareer (At-Tabari, implied by his narration of a hadeeth where the Prophet (PBUH) forbade marrying non-Muslims, wrote Al-Jabri).
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