Ruling on marrying a fornicating woman from the People of the Book
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Question:
Some Muslims are involved in fornication with non-Muslim women, and then they marry them. Is she considered a chaste woman in this case, especially since she has not repented from the fornication? Because the situation is the same whether he married her or fornicated with her; she remains with him?
Answer:
If she is from the People of the Book, the child of fornication is not attributed to him, and marrying her is not permissible, unless it is established that she has repented, because her chastity has been removed from her. If she repents, the new marriage is permissible, but this fornication is not attributed to him. We ask Allah for well-being.
Some Muslims are involved in fornication with non-Muslim women, and then they marry them. Is she considered a chaste woman in this case, especially since she has not repented from the fornication? Because the situation is the same whether he married her or fornicated with her; she remains with him?
Answer:
If she is from the People of the Book, the child of fornication is not attributed to him, and marrying her is not permissible, unless it is established that she has repented, because her chastity has been removed from her. If she repents, the new marriage is permissible, but this fornication is not attributed to him. We ask Allah for well-being.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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