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What is the ruling regarding someone who commits adultery with a woman abandoned by her husband, knowing she is not Muslim? Is his repentance accepted? And is it permissible for him to marry her if she converts to Islam?

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It is permissible for a Muslim man to marry a chaste woman from the People of the Book, but it is better to marry a righteous Muslim woman. And whoever has intercourse with a foreign woman has committed adultery, and the sin of adultery with a married woman is greater because it involves an assault on her husband's right. Many jurists have stipulated that if a man is forced to commit adultery with a married woman, he must accept death rather than proceed with the act.

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