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salam
I just wanted to know what do you do when a person is pergenet and she is under age and it is not relly her falut. Some one forced her to do it. His best freind sneacked the guy in the house and the girl didnt knew it. later on the freind knonks on the doors and says there`s a suprise for u on the door come outside. and than when she came outside she saw the person that she loves to death. It was late at night and she didnt have a choice but to call him in the room. And the girl loved him to death. and than latter on it happen beacuse the guy forced him to do it. and she couldn`t yell or anything beacuse she didnt wanted him to get in trouble or anything so she just delled with it. later on the guy stared to force him and than she does it. During that time she relize that it was a sin and she has to do something. what should she do ? it was not her false she was forced to do it. also it was her lover she loved him to death? but shes under age. And now she is pegnet beacuse she took the peragnat test.

thanks

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Answer:

Premarital Sex

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 17 Surah Israa verse 32:

Do not even go near ‘zina’ (fornication or adultery) for it is a very indecent thing and a very evil way!

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 24 Surah Noor verse 31 (part):

31 And (O Prophet (saws)) command the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty.

As long as a person is sane, reached the age of understanding and puberty, and acted of one’s own will, one will be held absolutely responsible for one’s deeds in the Sight of Islamic Law and of Allah Subhanah. From what you have related, your friend was not forced into the evil act of ‘zina’, but she willfully allowed a non-mehram into her room and allowed her emotions and feelings for the person to take the better of her, and she willfully participated in the evil crime; thus in the sight of Islamic Law and of Allah Subhanah, she would be equally accountable for the evil sin of ‘zina’.

Your Statement: and than latter on it happen beacuse the guy forced him to do it. and she couldn`t yell or anything beacuse she didnt wanted him to get in trouble or anything so she just delled with it. later on the guy stared to force him and than she does it.

From what is related, it is absolutely obvious that the boy did not forcefully ‘rape’ her, but the girl, of her own free will, allowed and participated in the evil crime of ‘zina’, and she will be held equally responsible for it.

To simply state that she did not yell or strive to guard her modesty because she did not want the evil person to get into trouble will not make her free from blame in the Just and Supreme Court of her All-Knowing, All-Wise, Lord.

Your Question: what should she do ?

First and foremost, the girl should admit her grave error and accept equal blame for what happened on that eventful night, and immediately turn to her Lord seeking sincere forgiveness for her participation in the evil crime of ‘zina’. If her ‘taubah’ and repentance is indeed sincere, it is expected that she will find her Lord Forgiving and Merciful.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumur verses 53-54:

(O Prophet) say: “O My servants who have wronged their own souls….Do not despair of Allah’s Mercy! Surely, Allah forgives all sins. He indeed is the All Forgiving, All Merciful. Return to your Lord and submit to Him before the scourge overtakes you; for then you may get no help from anywhere.”

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imraan verse 135-136:

Allah likes such good people very much, who, if ever they commit a base deed or wrong their own soul by the commission of a sin, remember Allah instantly, and ask for forgiveness from Him for their shortcomings. For who, but Allah, can forgive sins? (And Allah loves those) who do not knowingly persist in the wrongs they did. These will be rewarded with forgiveness from Allah, and with Gardens beneath which canals flow, and they will reside therein forever! How excellent is the reward of those who do good deeds!

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anaam verse 54:

When those come to you who believe in Our Signs, say: "Peace be on you! Your Lord had inscribed for Himself (the rule of) Mercy. Verily if any of you did evil in ignorance, and thereafter repented and amended (his conduct), Lo! He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

Secondly, because Allah Subhanah has Willed to ‘expose’ her sin by allowing her to become pregnant, it would only be prudent to immediately inform her guardians or parents of what exactly happened, and bear the consequences of delivering the baby out of wedlock.

In order to hide her sin, the sister should fear Allah her Lord and not add to her sin by lying, hiding, or relieving herself of the blame; but she should prepare to face the consequences of her grave error and mistake. Under absolutely no circumstances should she or her guardians even think of aborting the unborn child, for then they would be guilty of murdering an innocent soul in the Sight of Allah Subhanah.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan