What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a marriage that was based on deception and fraud by the wife and her family to conceal the crime of adultery, and is the husband considered a cuckold for divorcing his wife without taking punitive measures against her and her lover?
You could have refrained from divorcing the woman until she forfeited her mahr (dowry), but since you divorced her unconditionally, her mahr is established by the valid (private seclusion) according to the Hanafis and Hanbalis. You are not required to do anything against the woman or the person related to her, and you are not committing dayatha (pimping/cuckolding).
It is obligatory not to accuse a woman or a man of indecency without clear evidence. And if evidence appears, the principle is to conceal and not expose.
We advise you to turn the page on the past and seek a woman of religion and good character, perhaps Allah will compensate you with something better, as Allah Almighty said: "But if they separate, Allah will enrich each of them from His abundance."
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