The ruling on informing people of repentance from unlawful sexual intercourse
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it obligatory for the fornicator to inform people of his deed if he repents?
Answer:
No, the best is that he repents between himself and Allah and covers himself up, that he repents and covers himself up and does not make this known to people. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) loves covering up. Yes. But what happened with al-Ma'iz (may Allah be pleased with him) and the woman from al-Maghadir (may Allah be pleased with her), where they insisted that the hadd punishment be carried out against them, that was due to the strength of their repentance (may Allah be pleased with them both). Even though the best is to cover up for oneself, they were unable to do so because of the strength of their repentance, because the earth became narrow for them, so they could not bear it.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it obligatory for the fornicator to inform people of his deed if he repents?
Answer:
No, the best is that he repents between himself and Allah and covers himself up, that he repents and covers himself up and does not make this known to people. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) loves covering up. Yes. But what happened with al-Ma'iz (may Allah be pleased with him) and the woman from al-Maghadir (may Allah be pleased with her), where they insisted that the hadd punishment be carried out against them, that was due to the strength of their repentance (may Allah be pleased with them both). Even though the best is to cover up for oneself, they were unable to do so because of the strength of their repentance, because the earth became narrow for them, so they could not bear it.
Source
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