The ruling on marrying a woman who committed fornication and then repented

Question:
He says: A man married a woman, and months before consummating the marriage, she explicitly told him that she was not a virgin and that she had committed a crime with her first fiancé. Out of compassion for her, or mercy toward her, to cover for her, and out of fear for her that she might persist in this evil if he refused to marry her, hoping that she might repent to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He); for that reason he married her, for that purpose he married her, with a willing heart, out of love for doing good, and to please Allah.
And he hopes that Allah will be pleased with him, hoping that Allah might honor him in her life with him? So what is his position regarding the religion? And does the saying of Allah the Exalted apply to him: [Surat al-Nur:3]?

Answer:
If this woman has repented to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) from her crime, and he married her after she had menstruated once, or after she delivered her child if she was pregnant, then he owes nothing in that; for Allah accepts the repentance of those who repent , and covering her up is prescribed and required, and not disclosing this fornication. And he did well in covering her up.
As for his marriage, it is valid; if she has repented to Allah from her crime, and informed him that she had regretted it and repented, and she was not in a waiting period, but had delivered the child if she was pregnant, or if she had not been pregnant, if a menstruation or more had passed for her, then the marriage is valid, yes.