Inspired by the other thread I opened "Adultery & Marriage", where in the Ibadhi sector, the case is as follows:

You cannot marry someone you've had sex with before marrying them. If you do, you are forced to get a divorce.

Let's say a non-muslim couple had sex before marriage but now are deciding to revert to Islam because they were inspired by an Ibadhi muslim.

They want to become Muslims but they also want to remain married! What solution would they be given keeping in mind that they had sex prior to marriage?

Also, just came up.. are they required to re-marry under the Islamic law?

The answer would be interesting to learn :)

i think they can do whatever they want because once they convert to being 'muslim' all their sins are forgiven presto.

^ Oh really?! I didn't know that..

As far as I have heard and known, minerva is probably right.
The simple idea is 'Al Islam yajob ma kablah' or 'Islam will redeem for what was before it'. It is the idea that if one embraces Islam absoloutely and truthfully, Allah forgives that person's previous sins if he truely repents for them in his heart.

But that is regarding minerva's comment.
Regarding your seemingly complicated question, I'm quite ignorant on the matter!

im not a scholar

but from the way i see it, it's as minerva said, all thier sins will be deleted...


"inna hatha al deen yusr"
^^ dunno the transelation...

I agree with all that's above :p

Yup, anything before they converted would simply not count. It'd be like starting new.

That's fantastic! I wish Muslims had a "sin removal" moment.. I guess they do when they go to Hajj..

^ They can have that anytime. If they sit with themselves and decide to stop whatever sins they have been committing. And ask forgiveness for the sins they have committed, that's when all their sins are washed away.

^Well you never know if they're TOTALLY washed away, do you?
But I guess we can all depend on Allah's forgiveness and benevolence for that...

Also, just came up.. are they required to re-marry under the Islamic law?



No. Their marriage contract is valid. :cute:

Reply to Threadlike: We can never know if our Hajj was accepted either!

It's just us repenting truthfully from our side while believing the best in God and his mercy.