The marriage of a fornicator to a fornicatress and the ruling on the child of fornication.
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The questioner : May Allah prolong your life, a man committed fornication with a woman, may Allah grant us safety. Is it permissible for him to marry her?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : Even if they repent and turn back to Allah.
The Shaykh : If both of them repent and turn back to Allah with a new contract, it is permissible. But if she becomes pregnant from him, the child is a child of fornication.
The questioner : If she becomes pregnant from him after a while, meaning they repented and turned back to Allah the Exalted and Sublime and returned to Allah, is it permissible for them to marry?
The Shaykh : What do you mean by that?
The questioner : I mean she did not become pregnant. But if she did become pregnant and they repented, there is no harm in it.
The Shaykh : The child is a child of fornication, as we said.
Abu Layla : He does not inherit, of course.
The Shaykh : He does not inherit.
The questioner : What will be the fate of this child, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : His fate, if he is in an Islamic state, is that it will take him in.
The questioner : As for the father and mother, they do not take him in after that.
The Shaykh : They take him in as an orphan, but they do not register him in the family. And if they are blessed with children, especially daughters, he will not be their brother. It is not permissible for this child to live with these children, especially if they are daughters, unlike...
The questioner : If there is a marriage, will they be allowed to marry each other, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : ... .
Abu Layla : I mean, the infant who was breastfed by another woman has more freedom with his sisters than the child of fornication.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Abu Layla : Allahu Akbar. How does the Shari'ah rule, O Shaykh?
The questioner : Where do we get this ruling? What is the evidence for this opinion?
The Shaykh : The evidence is that he is a child of fornication. What evidence is needed? A child of fornication is not a legitimate son.
The questioner : You said, O Shaykh, that the one who does not apply it, meaning that there is no one who commits a major sin now, such as fornication, theft, or the like, but there is repentance and seeking forgiveness, O Shaykh, and that one should not expose oneself and should cover up one's own sin.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : Even if they repent and turn back to Allah.
The Shaykh : If both of them repent and turn back to Allah with a new contract, it is permissible. But if she becomes pregnant from him, the child is a child of fornication.
The questioner : If she becomes pregnant from him after a while, meaning they repented and turned back to Allah the Exalted and Sublime and returned to Allah, is it permissible for them to marry?
The Shaykh : What do you mean by that?
The questioner : I mean she did not become pregnant. But if she did become pregnant and they repented, there is no harm in it.
The Shaykh : The child is a child of fornication, as we said.
Abu Layla : He does not inherit, of course.
The Shaykh : He does not inherit.
The questioner : What will be the fate of this child, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : His fate, if he is in an Islamic state, is that it will take him in.
The questioner : As for the father and mother, they do not take him in after that.
The Shaykh : They take him in as an orphan, but they do not register him in the family. And if they are blessed with children, especially daughters, he will not be their brother. It is not permissible for this child to live with these children, especially if they are daughters, unlike...
The questioner : If there is a marriage, will they be allowed to marry each other, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : ... .
Abu Layla : I mean, the infant who was breastfed by another woman has more freedom with his sisters than the child of fornication.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Abu Layla : Allahu Akbar. How does the Shari'ah rule, O Shaykh?
The questioner : Where do we get this ruling? What is the evidence for this opinion?
The Shaykh : The evidence is that he is a child of fornication. What evidence is needed? A child of fornication is not a legitimate son.
The questioner : You said, O Shaykh, that the one who does not apply it, meaning that there is no one who commits a major sin now, such as fornication, theft, or the like, but there is repentance and seeking forgiveness, O Shaykh, and that one should not expose oneself and should cover up one's own sin.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
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