Temporary Marriage Consummated Without Witnesses or Public Announcement - Jurisprudential Answers - Miscellaneous Issues, Vol 3

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Question 131

My master, I seek safety from the gravity of what I did and the ugliness of my action, and I seek repentance for what my hands committed. I recently entered a temporary marriage and consummated it with my wife without witnesses or public announcement. Later, when I reviewed the issue in Jurisprudential Answers, I realized my mistake. At the time I was ignorant of the legal ruling. What should I do now? What is required of me after learning what I did? Is what I did considered zina? I call God and His angels to witness that I did not deliberately omit witnessing or public announcement; I did so only because I was ignorant that it was obligatory. Had I known, I would never have omitted it. My master, regret and sorrow overwhelm me and I seek repentance. Relieve me from the torment that has exhausted me and from the ignorance that led me to omit an obligation and commit something forbidden.

Source: Jurisprudential Answers - Miscellaneous Issues, Vol 3; Author: Imam Ahmed Al-Hasan; Question 131; Page 43; FIQH-MISC-V3-Q131. View Arabic source · Open the original Arabic source ↗