Question:
I met a boy before I reverted he ended up being my soulmate we started to be together but I was confused if we would end up together one reason that I wasn’t a believer. After 2 months I made a mistake while intoxicated I kissed someone else. Although we hadn’t made it clear that we were in a relationship he feels betrayed because of the emotions and what we had put in. I’m ashamed of myself for hurting him and now that I have reverted to Islam I’m ashamed in front of God. Its been almost a year, he said he could forgive me and now that we are about to do a Nikkah he said he doesn’t know if he can move past it, I have hope that we can continue to progess but I don’t know if that’s what Allah SWT wants for us, what is best?
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
The Prophet (s) that Islam clears whatever came before it. When you reverted you became clean like a newborn baby. So your fiance needs to look with such eyes and consider the relationship from that perspective and drop the past.
You have accepted Islam, now you need to move forwards towards Iman, true faith. Seek the help of a spiritual guide (shaykh) to assist in this, else it is easy to fall back into forbiddens.
Taher Siddiqui
