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Marriage after committing fornication (zinaa)

02-08-1998

Question 649

Can a man/women who is sexually involved before they are married, atone for their sins by getting married to the same person?

Answer

Praise be to Allah.

If both partners repent to Allaah, and the woman is not pregnant, then they are permitted to marry one another.

See also question #33.

Conditions of Marriage
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