the man. It is also narrated that a man asked Ibn 'Abbas about marrying a woman who has committed adultery, and he replied: "It is permissible. Tell me, if he stole from a vineyard and then bought it [from the owner], would that be permissible?" Our evidence is the statement of Allah Almighty: "The adulterer does not marry save an adulteress or a polytheist," up to His statement: "And that has been made unlawful to the believers." She is in a state of adultery before repentance, but once she repents, that [status] is removed, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "The one who repents from a sin is like one who has no sin," and his saying: "Repentance erases the sin." It is narrated that Marthad entered Makkah and saw a promiscuous woman called 'Anaq, who invited him to herself, but he refused her. When he arrived in Madinah, he asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and he said to him: "Shall I marry 'Anaq?" He did not answer him, then Allah Almighty revealed: "The adulterer does not marry save an adulteress or a polytheist, and the adulteress does not marry save an adulterer or a polytheist." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) then called him, recited the verse to him, and said: "Do not marry her." Furthermore, if she is persisting in adultery, he cannot be certain that she will not attribute a child from someone else to him, thus corrupting his bed. As for the hadith of 'Umar, it is apparent that he required her to repent. The hadith of Ibn 'Abbas contains no explicit explanation and does not address the point of contention. Once this is established,