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What is the ruling on publicizing acts of immorality in a general question?

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The questioner : No, no, no. Good, O Shaykh. To. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. This is the last lesson of this. Listen to us today, listen to us today, or is it like 'Azuz? No, no, no, 'Azuz is something of ours. The answer to this question came: A man had intercourse with a woman before contracting marriage with her, and she became pregnant with his child, then he contracted marriage with her, and she was in her fifth month, and the fetus was aborted,

The Shaykh : It is normal, it is normal, it is normal.

The questioner : A man had intercourse with a woman before contracting marriage with her, and she became pregnant with his child, then he contracted marriage with her, and in her fifth month the fetus was aborted, and they did not slaughter the fetus, and they did not wash it, and they did not shroud it, and they did not embrace it,

The Shaykh : And this also should be a private question, not one made in a general manner. If the questioner had asked me privately, it would have been better and more appropriate than publicizing, may Allah protect us from it, his sin before the people. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, loves from His servants those who conceal their sins. As for publicizing such sin before the people through a general question, this is either due to ignorance and foolishness, or due to a bad intention to make such a matter seem trivial among people. In any case, I say that if such acts of immorality occur, it is obligatory for the one who committed them to make his question private between him and the one he asks. As for publicizing it as if it were a normal matter with no harm in it, this is an ugly matter that we do not agree with, and we do not allow it to be presented to us or to anyone else. And this is a problem, O 'Abd al-Hadi, may Allah guide us and you.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 19 - 20 - دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام للعام 1409 هـ - الدرس التاسع عشر - الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين — youtube.com (45:08)

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