Ruling on marrying a woman who commits unlawful sexual intercourse

Machine translationRead the Arabic original

Your Eminence! A man married a woman, and she became pregnant from him through unlawful sexual intercourse. Is the contract valid, and is the child attributed to him?
This issue requires a specific answer. One must look at whether this actually occurred or not, and also consider the doubts surrounding it, and so on.In any case: The marriage of a woman who commits unlawful sexual intercourse is not permissible except after repentance. Likewise, a man who commits unlawful sexual intercourse is not valid to be married except after repentance.By the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He):

The fornicator does not marry except a [female] fornicator or polytheist, and none marries her except a fornicator or a polytheist, and that has been made unlawful to the believers.

الزَّانِي لا يَنْكِحُ إِلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوْ مُشْرِكَةً وَالزَّانِيَةُ لا يَنْكِحُهَا إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكٌ وَحُرِّمَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

[Surat al-Nur: 3] As for this specific case, it requires a specific fatwa.

Source shamela.ws

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

Similar fatwas