{"fatawa":{"id":9414,"title":"Should she tell her fianc\u00e9 that she lost her virginity or should she cancel the engagement?","slug":"should-she-tell-her-fiance-that-she-lost-her-virginity-or-should-she-cancel-the-engagement","order":"","question":"<p>My friend was in love with a boy when she was thirteen years old, and he  was ten years older than her. She used to do everything for him, to the  extent that she forgot remembrance of Allah, despite the fact that she  is from a religious family. He was everything to her, and she did not  pray except to ask Allah that he marry her. She didn't do anything  unless it was for his sake; she even committed zina with him. But she  was young and did not know what she was doing. She went to a female  doctor she knows, who found that there was a small hole in her hymen. My  friend began to feel remorse and to ask Allah for forgiveness and to  pray, and that young man left her for another girl. After a while, after  she reached university age, a pious young man proposed marriage to her,  and he did not know what she had done. She went to another doctor who  shocked her when she told her that it is essential to repair the hole in  her hymen. After she agreed to accept his proposal, she does not know  what she should do. Should she cancel her engagement to this fianc&eacute; whom  she loves, or should she have the repair done, or what should she do?  Please advise me, may Allah reward you<\/p>","answer":"<div class=\"list-group-item-text ftwa-single-answer font-nrmal\"><span class=\"line_height\"> Praise be to Allaah.\r\n<p>This calamity is not the first and it will not be the last.        The strongest temptation is the temptation of men by women and of women by        men.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him)      said:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>The mixing of one gender with the other is the cause of      fitnah. When men mix with women, it is like mixing fire and wood. End      quote.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Al-Istiqaamah<\/em>, 1\/361&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>This is the fire that was lit between them, then he left her      after committing immoral actions with her, and went to someone else.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>It is also something that happens repeatedly: he deceives      her, then he commits immoral actions with her, then he leaves her and, for      marriage and starting a family, he looks for a woman whom he can trust. But,      unfortunately, no one learns this lesson and understands the true nature of      the deceit until it is too late, or before regret sets in when regret is to      no avail?&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>We ask Allah to accept her repentance and that of every      sinner, and we pray that she will learn from this experience the hard and      bitter lesson of how Allah wants guidance and righteousness for His slaves,      whereas the Shaytaan and his cohorts want to misguide them and lead them      astray.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the      meaning):<\/p>\r\n<p><em>&ldquo;Allaah wishes to make clear (what is lawful and what is      unlawful) to you, and to show you the ways of those before you, and accept      your repentance, and Allaah is All\u2011Knower, All\u2011Wise.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em>27.&nbsp;Allaah wishes to accept your repentance, but those who      follow their lusts, wish that you (believers) should deviate tremendously      away (from the Right Path).<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em>28.&nbsp;Allaah wishes to lighten (the burden) for you; and man      was created weak (cannot be patient to leave sexual intercourse with woman)&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em>[al-Nisa&rsquo; 4:26-28]<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>But what has happened has happened. Now the most important      thing that your friend has to do is to repent, and the greatest right that      she has over you is that you should help her to repent sincerely and to      regret what has passed, and to understand the effects of the Shaytaan&rsquo;s      trick on her, in the hope that Allah will accept her repentance and conceal      her with His beautiful concealment.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>With regard to her engagement, she should go ahead with it,      so long as she thinks that the young man is good and righteous. She should      not repair the hymen that was broken because of this immoral action, because      this is deceit and cheating; but at the same time she should not expose      herself to scandal. Rather she should go ahead with that as Allah wills;      perhaps Allah will conceal her.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>If her husband does not find out about that after marriage      and Allah conceals her, then she should continue as she is.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>If he finds out that the hymen had been broken, she can hint      that it was broken as a result of an accident or some such; hymens are often      broken as a result of such things.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>See also the answers to questions no.     <a href=\"http:\/\/islamqa.info\/en\/844\">844<\/a>,     <a href=\"http:\/\/islamqa.info\/en\/96214\">96214<\/a> and     <a href=\"http:\/\/islamqa.info\/en\/70273\">70273<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>If that is not possible, and the husband finds out that the      hymen has been broken, he may annul the marriage, if he wants to, and take      back what he had given her of the mahr and costs of the marriage.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Perhaps if she tells him about what happened, he will conceal      her. But the annulment of her marriage, even after a short time, may be      better and more concealing for her, because after that she will be a      divorced woman and when she gets married again, it will on the basis that      she was previously married.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>And Allah is the source of strength and the Guide to the straight path.<\/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":"2015-02-05T21:51:58.000000Z","updated_at":"2015-02-05T21:51:58.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":37,"parent_id":9413,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"\u0623\u062d\u0643\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0643\u0627\u062d","category_slug":"","get_date":"2015-02-05"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/9414"}