Sexual relationship before marriage
Question
Me and my fiancé were having a sexual relationship before marriage and I might be pregnant, we are both Muslim’s is there a way we can repent or is this zina and our child will count as zina?
Answer
This is pure zina.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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