{"fatawa":{"id":10260,"title":"Marrying a woman who is not chaste ","slug":"marrying-a-woman-who-is-not-chaste","order":"","question":"<p>I am in state of confusion.  I am engaged, i love my fiancee however  before engage, she used to act like Canadian girls which i knew but  smoked cigarette etc while she was in high school I did not know. When  we got engaged she told me that she loved and was crazy about this guy  but never had a boyfriend, she used to hung around with  rougth bad and  black guys just like friends and she is virgin, she escaped so many  school days and the reason is that she used sat with friend in the back  of school or in their house watching Indian movies and used smoke  because her friend led her to this path.  HOwever, she stopped  everything after we got engaged.  But I did not liked these things she  said and i start disliking her little by little because i thought she is  lying to me.  The quesiton is i always thougth to myself that a girl  like her being so open to guys, wearing open cloths and her parenth did  not care much how come she would not have a boyfriend(in this easthern  society)it is impossible.  As a result, everyday i start to  hate(dislike) her and we had alot of fights.  As a result, i used to  worked in a restaurant and there, i meet a girl and right after a week i  sleep with her for one night, i don't know how it happened but it did.   I repent for my bad deeds because i see my fiancee is very sincere to  me after we have engaged.  My question is brother, what should i do, how  i could solve this issue in my life.  I really need help?.<\/p>","answer":"<div class=\"list-group-item-text ftwa-single-answer font-nrmal\"><span class=\"line_height\"> Praise be to Allaah.        &nbsp;\r\n<p>If the women was as you describe before you got engaged, then it is  not permissible to marry her unless she repents sincerely for      the sake of Allaah, not for the purpose of getting engaged to you.  If you see that she has repented and regrets what she did, and that she  is      serious about keeping away from non-mahram men and avoiding being  alone with them, then it is permissible for you to marry her.<br \/> <br \/> My advice to you is to look for a righteous and chaste women, for a  righteous wife will bring you happiness in this world and will be one of  the      means of your salvation in the Hereafter, because she will one day  be the mother of your children, and she will guard your honour and your  wealth,      and in that way there will be the love, compassion and tranquility  that form the basis of marital happiness. Allaah says (interpretation of  the      meaning):<br \/> <br \/> &ldquo;And among His Signs is this, that He created for you wives from  among yourselves, that you may find repose in them, and He has put  between you      affection and mercy&rdquo;<br \/> [al-Room 30:21]<br \/> <br \/> The Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:  &ldquo;Women are married for four reasons: wealth, beauty, lineage and  religious      commitment. Choose the one who is religiously-committed, may your  hands be rubbed with dust (i.e., may you prosper).&rdquo; Narrated by  al-Bukhaari,      3\/242; Muslim, 2\/1086.<br \/> <br \/> According to another hadeeth: &ldquo;This world is temporary pleasures and  the best of the temporary pleasures of this world is a righteous wife.&rdquo;       Narrated by Muslim, 2668.<br \/> <br \/> With regard to what you mention about what happened with that other  girl, praise be to Allaah for having enabled you to repent. This is the  bounty      of Allaah towards you. You have to strive to control yourself and  avoid the things which lead to such serious consequences.<br \/> <br \/> We wish to point out that repentance must be for the sake of Allaah,  not for the sake of your fianc&eacute;e and so that she will be sincere  towards you.      So we advise you to renew your repentance and to pray for  forgiveness and to make a promise to Allaah not to do such a thing  again.<br \/> <br \/> I also offer the following advice, and hope that Allaah will benefit you thereby:<br \/> <br \/> 1 &ndash; Lower your gaze and do not look at that which Allaah has forbidden.<br \/> <br \/> 2 &ndash; Keep yourself busy with reading Qur&rsquo;aan and hadeeth, stories of the righteous, the scholars and ascetics.<br \/> <br \/> 3 &ndash; Beware of being alone with women who are not mahrams.<br \/> <br \/> 4 &ndash; Keep company with righteous people who will help you with religious and worldly matters.<br \/> <br \/> 5 &ndash; Beware of listening to music and songs, for they are a means that lead to zina.<br \/> <br \/> 6 &ndash; Strive to offer prayers regularly with the Muslims, and strive  to observe all the essential parts of prayer with proper focus and  humility,      and having wudoo&rsquo;, for it keeps one away from evil actions, and  those who observe regular prayer are the ones who will succeed. Allaah  says      (interpretation of the meaning):<br \/> <br \/> &ldquo;Successful indeed are the believers.<br \/> Those who offer their Salaah (prayers) with all solemnity and full submissiveness&rdquo;<br \/> [al-Mu&rsquo;minoon 23:1]<br \/> <br \/> May Allaah help us and you to do all that is good, and may He make things easy for you.<\/p>\r\n<\/span><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"padding: 3px; padding-right: 6px; text-align: right;\">Islam Q&amp;A<\/div>","status":1,"created_at":"2015-03-16T20:51:58.000000Z","updated_at":"2015-03-16T20:51:58.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":39,"parent_id":10259,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"\u0627\u0644\u062e\u0637\u0628\u0629","category_slug":"","get_date":"2015-03-16"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/10260"}