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What are the rights of the rape victim over the repentant fornicator? And do her rights differ from those of the consenting fornicatrix in repentance?

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For repentance from adultery to be complete, it is not a condition to seek forgiveness from the adulteress if she was willing. Forgiveness is only required if she was coerced, because he wronged her. The majority of scholars hold that the equivalent dower (mahr al-mithl) is obligatory for the woman who was coerced into adultery. As for the willing woman, nothing is obligatory for her. It is not obligatory to inform the adulteress's husband or guardian, nor to seek their forgiveness, whether she was willing or coerced.

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