Is a woman considered forbidden to her husband who asked her about her past relationships, and she denied their existence—knowing she had repented—given his statement to her: "You are forbidden to me if you had any illicit relationship in the past"?

A husband questioning his wife about her past is an absolute abomination and corruption. What is legally required is self-concealment after repentance, and the best of sinners are those who repent. However, if the husband states that his wife is forbidden to him if she had a past relationship, this prohibition becomes effective and takes place. In this case, the wife must inform her husband of the truth, while preparing him for it by apologizing and explaining that concealment is obligatory, and that what matters is the present, not the past, along with expressing her keenness to preserve the family.