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Adultery with a kaafir

· 16 Rabiʻ I 1436 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

If a Muslim woman bears a child of non Muslim man due to adultery will she be a kaafir? She is planning to keep the baby and make him a Muslim and she wants to make tawbah. Will she enter Jannah?

Answer

She should sincerely repent to Allah Ta'ala for the serious sin she has committed and make a firm resolve that she will never ever commit this sin in the future. Similarly, she should sever all contact with the non-Muslim man. If she repents and reforms her life, Allah Ta'ala will forgive he. Though this is a very serious offence and major sin she has committed, however this will not take her out of the fold of Islam.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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