Monday, August 8, 2011

She repented from a haram relationship in which she lost her virginity. Should she marry who fornicated with her?

 

I am in a relationship with a man who took my virginity. I repented from such evil deeds and ask Allah to accept my repentance. This man proposed to me, but he is not religious, he smokes cigarettes and hashish and drinks alcohol. What should I do, he knows my matter. Or shall I leave him and have a hymen repair operation done and marry a religious man? I was pregnant and I aborted the baby. Allah knows how sincere my repentance is.

Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly: 

Zina
(fornication or adultery) is a major sin. Allaah has forbidden doing the
things that lead to it and has prescribed the hadd punishment for the one
who does it, and He has warned adulterers of punishment in the Hereafter. 

Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning): 

“And come
not near to unlawful sex. Verily, it is a Faahishah (i.e. anything that
transgresses its limits: a great sin), and an evil way that leads one to
hell unless Allaah forgives him”

[al-Isra’
17:32]. 

Ibn Jareer
al-Tabari (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:  

“And come
not near” O people 

“to
unlawful sex. Verily, it is a Faahishah (i.e. anything that transgresses its
limits: a great sin)”. Zina (translated here as “unlawful sex”) is a
great sin.  

“and an
evil way” i.e., the way of zina is an evil way, because it is the way of
the people who disobey Allaah and go against His command; what a bad way is
the way that leads a person to the fire of Hell. 

Tafseer
al-Tabari
(17/438). 

Shaykh ‘Abd
al-Rahmaan al-Sa’di (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: 

The
prohibition on approaching it is more eloquent than a simple prohibition on
doing it, because that includes the prohibition on all the things that lead
to it and promote it, because “the one who grazes his flock around a
protected areas will soon transgress upon it,” especially in a matter of
this nature when the motive is very strong. Allaah describes zina as
abhorrent, as He says “it is a Faahishah (i.e. anything that transgresses
its limits: a great sin)”, i.e., it is a sin which is abhorrent
according to sharee’ah, reason and common sense, because it is a
transgression against Allaah, and against the woman and her family or
husband, and it leads to immorality, confusion of lineages and other evil
consequences. 

“and an
evil way” means: what an evil way is the way of the one who dares to
commit this grave sin. 

Tafseer
al-Sa’di
(p. 457). 

See also the
answers to questions no. 76060,
20983 and
95754. 

Secondly: 

With regard to
the abortion, if the soul had been breathed into the foetus, then this is
another crime in addition to the crime of zina. If the soul had not yet been
breathed into the foetus then it is less serious. 

For a detailed
discussion on that, please see the answers to questions no.
11195,
13319,
13331 and
90054. 

Thirdly: 

We praise
Allaah for having enabled you to repent, and we hope that it is sincere
repentance. The conditions of sincere repentance include: regretting the
sins that you have committed, and immediately giving up that immoral action,
and everything that leads to it such as contact, correspondence and dates.
The conditions of repentance also include resolving not to return to this
deed. 

You also have
to do a lot of righteous deeds, such as prayer, reading Qur’aan and fasting,
so as to strengthen your faith and piety. Good deeds erase bad deeds and
sincere repentance erases that which came before it, and turns bad deeds
into good deeds. Allaah says – after mentioning the sins of shirk
(associating others with Allaah), murder and zina – (interpretation of the
meaning):  

“Except
those who repent and believe (in Islamic Monotheism), and do righteous
deeds; for those, Allaah will change their sins into good deeds, and Allaah
is Oft‑Forgiving, Most Merciful” 

[al-Furqaan
25:70]. 

Fourthly: 

With regard to
marrying that criminal, you should understand that in order for the marriage
of a man and woman who had committed zina to be valid, it is essential that
they repent sincerely. It seems to us from your questions that he has not
repented from what he did, rather he had added to the first calamity the
other bad things that he is doing, such as smoking hasheesh and drinking
intoxicants. What we think is that one who is like this also does not pray.
If this is indeed the case, then it is definitely not permissible to accept
him as a husband, because not praying is kufr that puts a person beyond the
pale of Islam, and it is not permissible for a Muslim woman to marry a
kaafir. 

For a more
detailed discussion on the issue of marrying a zaani (one who commits
fornication or adultery), please see the answers to questions no.
85335,
87894 and
96460. 

Fifthly: 

With regard to
having an operation to repair the hymen, this is haraam, because it is
deceiving the one who marries you. 

For a detailed
discussion of this matter, please see the answer to question no.
844. 

With regard to
telling your future husband that you lost your virginity in this haraam
relationship, that is not permissible, because it is exposing your faults,
and the Muslim is required to conceal his faults. You can use double
entendres in your speech. It is well known that the hymen may be broken by
means of something other than intercourse in some cases, so you can make the
most of that by using a double entendre. 

See the answer
to question no. 42992. 

But if it is
possible to encourage this person to repent sincerely and pray regularly,
and he shows sincerity and signs of repenting and praying regularly, then
there is nothing wrong with accepting him as a husband. Undoubtedly this
solution would be easier for you, and more concealing for you, but how could
one believe a person like that?! 

We ask Allaah
to accept your repentance and set your affairs straight, and to conceal our
faults and yours in this world and in the Hereafter. 

And Allaah
knows best.

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