Chapter on What Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty, Has Made Permissible and Prohibited in Marriage
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 25
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 3, Chapter 25
Chapter on What Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty, Has Made Permissible and Prohibited in Marriage
وَ رَوَى أَبُو اَلْمَغْرَاءِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ فَجَرَ بِامْرَأَةٍ ثُمَّ أَرَادَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَقَالَ "إِذَا تَابَتْ حَلَّتْ لَهُ" قُلْتُ وَ كَيْفَ تُعْرَفُ تَوْبَتُهَا قَالَ "يَدْعُوهَا إِلَى مَا كَانَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ اَلْحَرَامِ فَإِنِ اِمْتَنَعَتْ فَاسْتَغْفَرَتْ رَبَّهَا عَرَفَ تَوْبَتَهَا ".
Abu al-Maghra narrated from Abu Basir, who said: I asked Imam عليه السلام about a man who committed fornication with a woman and then later wanted to marry her. Imam عليه السلام said: "If she repents, she becomes lawful for him." I asked: "And how can her repentance be known?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "He should invite her to engage in the same unlawful act they previously committed. If she refuses and seeks forgiveness from her Lord عز وجل, then her repentance is known."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh