Fatwa ID: 06938

Answered by: Maulana Ousman Haye

Question:

Hello, how are you i want to ask a question that is creating extreme doubts in my mind and making me feel extremely depressed. I need help!

If you committed Zina before marriage like once or twice or are not too sure about it like you got intimate and went to Zina but didn’t do full Zina or you can’t remember exactly what happened.

And then you do nikkah (marriage) after a while and you don’t repent before nikkah because you did not know at all that you have to repent before nikkah and after 5 years you get to know that you had to repent before nikkah.

So is the nikkah valid?

After knowing this, you have sincerely repented and do repent most times after marriage like now. Pls help me with this question ASAP 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

It is commendable to see your concern regarding this situation.

Tawbah from Zina is not a requirement for the validity of Nikah. If one committed zina before marriage and did not repent, then got married, this will not affect the validity of the marriage and nikah.

It is great to hear that you have already repented sincerely for your sin. You should conceal your sin and continue living with your husband, fulfilling your obligations towards him and Allah (swt).

(وَأَمَّا رُكْنُهُ) فَالْإِيجَابُ وَالْقَبُولُ، كَذَا فِي الْكَافِي وَالْإِيجَابُ مَا يُتَلَفَّظُ بِهِ أَوَّلًا مِنْ أَيِّ جَانِبٍ كَانَ وَالْقَبُولُ جَوَابُهُ هَكَذَا فِي الْعِنَايَةِ
(وَأَمَّا شُرُوطُهُ) فَمِنْهَا الْعَقْلُ وَالْبُلُوغُ وَالْحُرِّيَّةُ فِي الْعَاقِدِ
(الفتاوى الهندية، ج١، ص٢٦٧، دار الفكر)

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Maulana Ousman Haye

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham