Wednesday December 2, 2009
Newlywed who gave birth faces legal action
A WOMAN who gave birth to a baby girl barely 24 hours after her akad nikah is now in trouble with the Malacca Religious Department (JAIM) for having the child out of wedlock, reported Harian Metro.
The 21-year-old girl married her 28-year-old partner at her family home in Malacca, knowing she was pregnant.
The daily said a group of enforcement officers led by JAIM chief enforcement officer Rahimin Bani went to the Malacca Hospital to take statements from the couple. Read More
Wells, it is wrong to have sex prior to marriage for Islam. But think again it is the 21th Century is all the couple today really have their first intimate on their weddings night?
This couple understand their wrong doing and the taken action to correct it by their marriage vow. How many that does not do so? How many that are pregnant and abort the child? How many secretly abandon their child? Some newborn survive becomes orphans but some die.
At one hand we try to prevent intimate out of wedlock but it could bring forth a man-made tragedy. Do we really have sympathy for the innocent child?
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