The Imamate of the Husband of an Adulteress

Question

Zayd married a woman from whom a daughter was born. When the daughter was two years old, the woman formed an illicit relationship with another man and went off with him in Zayd’s absence. Zayd and his relatives and kin were in great distress searching for her for a whole year; court proceedings also went on for six months, but without success. After about a year she was found by chance in some place together with the fornicator, and she was pregnant through her misconduct.

Answer

Zayd is not pleased with this conduct of his wife; on the contrary, he is displeased with it. And now that the wife has repented, what difficulty [can there be]? The acceptance of repentance is established by both the Noble Qur’an and the noble hadith.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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