If a man and a woman marry through shighar without a mahr, are they to be separated?
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The questioner : If two people came to us now who had married through shighar... do we say... or do we say...
The Shaykh : If a case of confirmed shighar came to us, meeting all the conditions, they are to be separated, and then they are to be married again with a mahr.
The questioner : And are their children legitimate?
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no doubt about it; this is intercourse under doubt.
The questioner : If it is...
The Shaykh : You must know, may Allah reward you, that all children born from doubt are legitimate. All children born from doubt are legitimate, whether they were born from intercourse under doubt, from a marriage containing doubt, or otherwise.
The Shaykh : If a case of confirmed shighar came to us, meeting all the conditions, they are to be separated, and then they are to be married again with a mahr.
The questioner : And are their children legitimate?
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no doubt about it; this is intercourse under doubt.
The questioner : If it is...
The Shaykh : You must know, may Allah reward you, that all children born from doubt are legitimate. All children born from doubt are legitimate, whether they were born from intercourse under doubt, from a marriage containing doubt, or otherwise.