Benefits of the Hadith: (The fornicator who has been flogged is not to be married except to one like him)
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The Shaykh : Among the benefits derived from this hadith is the prohibition of marrying a fornicator, or marrying a chaste woman to a fornicator, as long as he has not repented. The clause before the exception is clear, but regarding the condition "as long as he has not repented," what is the evidence that if he repents, it becomes permissible to marry him?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : The description [of being a fornicator], because when he repents, the description of fornication is removed from him and he becomes one of the people of chastity.
And among the benefits of this hadith is the protection of the Shari'ah for morals, because the fornicator, may Allah protect us from that, does not care if his wife commits fornication; he does not care, because he himself commits fornication with the women of people, and one who falls into a sin does not condemn it in others.
Among the benefits of this hadith is also that it is permissible, indeed obligatory, to prevent the marriage of a fornicator, even if he is upright in his religion in matters other than fornication. A man may pray, give charity, fast, perform Hajj, and perform 'Umrah, but he may be afflicted—may Allah grant us safety—with the issue of fornication. So do we marry this man and say: "His religion is good, and perhaps he will repent from fornication"?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : It is never permissible, and it is worse if he does not pray. Some people say: "Let us marry him so that perhaps Allah will guide him." So they marry him to a pious, good girl, and he makes her life miserable under the pretext that perhaps Allah will guide him. We say: Perhaps Allah will guide him, and perhaps he will corrupt the woman, perhaps he will destroy what this woman has built throughout her life, while he remains in his corruption, may Allah protect us from that. Therefore, it is obligatory upon us, when we are consulted about such people, to give clear advice, even if it is to the people closest to us:[An-Nisa 4:135]
The student: ...
The Shaykh : The description [of being a fornicator], because when he repents, the description of fornication is removed from him and he becomes one of the people of chastity.
And among the benefits of this hadith is the protection of the Shari'ah for morals, because the fornicator, may Allah protect us from that, does not care if his wife commits fornication; he does not care, because he himself commits fornication with the women of people, and one who falls into a sin does not condemn it in others.
Among the benefits of this hadith is also that it is permissible, indeed obligatory, to prevent the marriage of a fornicator, even if he is upright in his religion in matters other than fornication. A man may pray, give charity, fast, perform Hajj, and perform 'Umrah, but he may be afflicted—may Allah grant us safety—with the issue of fornication. So do we marry this man and say: "His religion is good, and perhaps he will repent from fornication"?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : It is never permissible, and it is worse if he does not pray. Some people say: "Let us marry him so that perhaps Allah will guide him." So they marry him to a pious, good girl, and he makes her life miserable under the pretext that perhaps Allah will guide him. We say: Perhaps Allah will guide him, and perhaps he will corrupt the woman, perhaps he will destroy what this woman has built throughout her life, while he remains in his corruption, may Allah protect us from that. Therefore, it is obligatory upon us, when we are consulted about such people, to give clear advice, even if it is to the people closest to us: