If one knows knowledge and conceals it from those it concerns, he must repent
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Q: My mother passed away several years ago, and my father married a woman who bore him a child, but she divorced him because she wanted to have children, and the reason was my grandmother. Then my father married another woman, but my grandmother feared that she would bear him children, so she told my uncle, who is an obstetrician, to give my father’s wife an injection to prevent pregnancy. He replied that her husband must be informed of the matter, and he told her, and indeed she took two injections, but she did not know that these injections were for preventing pregnancy, and they told her
that they were to stop menstrual bleeding. I am the daughter of her husband, and I knew about it, and I was 17 years old at the time. Now I am 23 and a half years old, and her marriage has now lasted 7 years, and she has not given birth until now, but I told her the truth about the injections about a month after she took them. I now want to know the ruling of the Shari'ah and the religion regarding what I knew and concealed from her. May Allah surround you with more of His knowledge, and how do I expiate this sin of mine?
A: It was obligatory for the questioner to inform her father’s wife of the truth about those injections before she took them, and to rebuke her grandmother and her uncle for what they intended to do. Since she did not do so at the time, she must repent, seek forgiveness, and do many good deeds.
that they were to stop menstrual bleeding. I am the daughter of her husband, and I knew about it, and I was 17 years old at the time. Now I am 23 and a half years old, and her marriage has now lasted 7 years, and she has not given birth until now, but I told her the truth about the injections about a month after she took them. I now want to know the ruling of the Shari'ah and the religion regarding what I knew and concealed from her. May Allah surround you with more of His knowledge, and how do I expiate this sin of mine?
A: It was obligatory for the questioner to inform her father’s wife of the truth about those injections before she took them, and to rebuke her grandmother and her uncle for what they intended to do. Since she did not do so at the time, she must repent, seek forgiveness, and do many good deeds.
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