Will the repentant woman be exposed after her repentance and confession of sins to some people, especially with her fear of the spread of scandal, and is this confession considered a self-exposure that causes Allah to expose her?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
Openly committing a sin is forbidden, and one is obligated to conceal their own sins. However, informing about a sin for a beneficial purpose, such as seeking help for repentance, does not fall under blameworthy open disclosure. The scholars have stipulated that the blameworthy disclosure is that which occurs as a form of open defiance and mockery, not as a question or an inquiry seeking a . Repentance erases what came before it, and the one who repents from a sin is like one who has no sin. A repentant person is not punished for their sin, neither in this world nor in the Hereafter.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/178648
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 178648
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy