Can one marry an adulterer?
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
I read in your answer to one of the sex questions that
Allah forbids a pure muslimah to marry a man who has comitted Zina. As far as I am aware,
there are very few young muslim
men in
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Answer:
Can one marry an Adulterer?
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can
misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We
bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no
prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of
His Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 24 Surah Nur verse 3:A man guilty of zina shall not marry any but the women guilty of the same, or a mushriks woman; and none shall marry a woman guilty of zina, but the man guilty of the same, or a mushriks man. Such marriages are forbidden to the true believers.
But such is the Mercy and Grace
of Allah, that
whoever, after committing whatever
sin, seeks sincere Repentance and Taubah, and turns to
Allah Subhanah,
the Merciful Lord has promised to forgive all his sins.
Thus, if one wishes to marry a person who
has committed the sin of zina in his/her past, but has sincerely repented to Allah Subhanah; there is
no harm in that.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allahs Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Wister