ABSTRACT One of the difficult issues raised in Imami jurisprudence is the possibility of marrying an adulteress. There are three main opinions among Imami jurists regarding the ruling on marriage to the aforementioned. The most prominent Imami jurists have tended toward absolute permissibility, referencing and citing the rule of permissibility (asl ul ebaha) and some hadiths, meaning that marriage to an adulteress is permissible but disliked, even if she does not repent. In contrast, a group of Imami jurists considered this act to be absolutely forbidden. Based on the third verse of Surat An-Nur and some other hadiths and narrations, the third group differentiated between the adulteress who is known for adultery and the one who is not known for it, and they did not prohibit it unless the adulteress is known for adultery, then marriage to her is impossible. In this research - and through re-analyzing the evidence of the three points of view mentioned above - especially the verses of the Holy Quran, which are considered the main source of divine rulings, the first point of view is considered correct, and it is the preferred theory in this regard, meaning that marriage to an adulteress is not problematic, despite its abhorrence and disliked. Keywords: Marriage to an adulteress, prohibition of adultery in marriage, impediments to marriage from adultery, prohibition of marriage, marriage with an adulterer.
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