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(1). 3177. 'Amr bin Shu'aib narrated from his father, from his grandfather, who said: "There was a man named Marthad bin Abī Marthad, and he was a man who would carry captives from Makkah to Al-Madinah." He said: "And there was a prostitute woman in Makkah called 'Anāq, who was a friend of his. He had promised a man from the captives of Makkah that he would transport him, and he said: 'So I came until I reached one of the walls of Makkah on a moon-lit night.' He said: "Anāq came along and she saw the darkness of my shadow next to the wall. When she reached me she recognized me and said: "Marthad?" So I replied: "(Yes it is) Marthad." She said: "Welcome, come and spend the night with us." I said: "O 'Anāq! Allāh has made illicit sexual relations unlawful." So she said: "O people of the tents! This is the man who takes your captives away!" He said: "Eight people followed me, and I went through the passes of Al-Khandamah. I stopped at a cave
and entered it. They came until they stood over my head, and they began urinating, their urine falling on my head. Yet Allāh made them unable to see me. He said: 'Then I went back. I returned to my companion to transport him – and he was a heavy man – until I reached Al-Idhkhīr. There I removed his shackles to make him easier to carry, since he was exhausting me, until I arrived at Al-Madīnah. I went to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and I said: "O Messenger of Allāh! May I marry 'Anāq? [I said this, two times] but the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was silent, and he did not reply to me at all until (the following) was revealed: The Zānī marries not but a Zāniyah or a Mushrikah; and the Zāniyah, none marries her except a Zānī or a Mushrik.[1] So do not marry her.'" (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Gharīb, we do not know of it except through this route.
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The zeal of Faith of a Muslim society should be alert to such an extent that they express hatred and detestation against adultery with total due determination, if an adulterer wants to marry in a Muslim society, no faithful person should think of marrying his daughter with him; and only an adulterous or a faithless person is available for him to marry. No faithful female should accept him as her husband; likewise if there is an adulteress no faithful male should think of marrying her, only an adulterer or a faithless person should be available for her to marry. It is unlawful for the faithful
people to marry the adulterers and adulterous ones. However, if they make sincere and determined repentance, then there is no harm in marrying them.
