His fiancée sent a sexy message to a non-Mahram man

19-1-2011 | IslamWeb

Question:

salam alaykum! I would like to have a fatwa issued on fornication. Its so that one my fiance, she text message witch conatin sexuall, to a person who she is not married to. Example of a such text is that I wish I could hold u ,kiss u etc so it goes on to sexual intercourse. I know this is haram I would like to have an answer wich conatin sign of Grand Ayatollas office,so I can print out as a fatwa to show my fiance. And how to repent (do tauba)for such sin ? And is it halal to share messages wich contains shameful and sexuall to friends (mahram and no mahram) or jusr read them for them self? Its very serious. Fimanillah
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

It is not permissible for a woman to talk to a non-Mahram man except for a necessity and provided she abides by the Islamic manners; for more benefit in this regard, please refer to Fatwa 81356.

If what your fiancée did is really confirmed, then she has committed an evil and grave sin from which she should sincerely repent. For more benefit on the conditions of repentance, please refer to Fataawa 86527 and 87903.

Also, she must avoid any matter that could lead her to temptation, so she should delete all non-Mahram men’s phone numbers and addresses and so forth that she may have.

Indeed, it is not permissible to send such messages that contain sexual expressions, neither to Mahram men nor to non-Mahram men. Also, it is not permissible for a Muslim to read them except for a valid purpose, like objecting to the one who wrote them and the like.

Hence, if this girl repents and turns to Allaah, then it is acceptable to marry her, otherwise we advise you not to marry her because a Muslim should be keen on marrying a religious woman as per the advice of the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) said: “….so, marry a religious woman, you will prosper.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Allaah Knows best.

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