I have a friend who wants to marry a man whom she loves dearly, but the problem is that this man once committed zina with her mother who was married and had three children at that time. It was a mistake committed in a moment of heedlessness. My question is: what should she do? Is it permissible for them to marry?.<\/p>","answer":"
The fuqaha’ differed concerning one who commits zina with a woman: is it permissible for him to marry her daughter or not? There are two views: <\/p>\r\n
The Hanafis and Hanbalis are of the view that it is not permissible for him; they regarded haraam intercourse as being like halaal intercourse with regard to who becomes a mahram as the result of a marriage. <\/p>\r\n
The Maalikis and Shaafa‘is are of the view that he may marry her. <\/p>\r\n
Ibn Qudaamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Haraam intercourse creates the same mahram relationships as halaal intercourse or intercourse as the result of a dubious marriage - meaning that those who become mahrams as a result are confirmed in all three cases. So if a man commits zina with a woman, she becomes haraam to his father and son, and her mother and daughter become haraam to him. Something similar to that was narrated from ‘Imraan ibn Husayn, and this was also the view of al-Hasan, ‘Ata’, Tawoos, Mujaahid, al-Sha‘bi, al-Nakha‘i, al-Thawri, Ishaaq and ashaab al-ra’y. <\/p>\r\n
Ibn ‘Abbaas narrated that haraam intercourse does not make anyone a mahram. This was also the view of Sa‘eed ibn al-Musayyab, Yahya ibn Ya‘mir, ‘Urwah, al-Zuhri, Maalik, al-Shaafa‘i, Abu Thawr and Ibn al-Mundhir. End quote from al-Mughni<\/em>, 7\/90. <\/p>\r\n