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Fatwa #363125 September 2001United States of America

Can a male person who committed adultery sin marry to any female?

Question

Can a male person who committed adultery sin marry to any female? There is an opinion that he can marry with only a non-muslim or the female with who he had committed that sin. What is the fatwaa on this issue?

Answer

It is permissible for a Muslim male who committed adultery to marry a chaste
Muslim female. The Nikah will be valid.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.
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