Q: I have been married for almost four months but me and my husband have been quarreling since our nikaah day. I have been feeling very insecure as there is a girl involved which I was aware of but my husband kept saying she was just a little girl seeking attention. It has now come to my knowledge that he was involved in a haram relationship with her before nikah and I have found several inappropriate sites on his email. He claims he didn’t tell me truthfully at the beginning as he was worried How it would effect our marriage. However I have come to find out everything last week and now I am really lost and confused. I don’t know if I can trust him anymore. Is lying for something of this matter even allowed in Islam?
A: Obviously when it is a relationship out of nikaah it is haraam. You may suggest to him that if he is really interested in that girl then he should make nikaah with her rather than living in a haraam relationship.
And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
Answered by:
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)