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Does the punishment for the married fornicator apply to me, will my repentance be accepted, and will I remain poor in accordance with the noble Hadith: "Give glad tidings to the fornicator of poverty"?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Adultery is one of the most heinous sins. If committed by a married person, its sin is even greater, and its punishment is stoning to death. Among its reprehensions is that Allah has prepared for adulterers in the Hereafter a torment and disgrace. However, it is from Allah's mercy that He accepts the repentance of a servant, no matter how great the sin or how often it is repeated. Repentance has conditions: abstaining from the sin, regretting it, and resolving not to return to it. It is not a condition for repentance that the prescribed punishment be carried out on the sinner; rather, one should conceal oneself if the matter has not been brought before the ruler, and one must avoid the causes of disobedience and cut off the paths leading to it.

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