Ruling on socializing with someone who kept a infidel woman in marital relationship
Ruling on socializing with someone who kept a infidel woman in marital relationship:
Question: Zaid kept a infidel woman with him for almost 18 years without converting her to Islam and without a valid marriage, and later abandoned her, and also had worldly dealings with her?
Answer: It is not permissible to socialize with Zaid until he makes a sincere repentance and seeks forgiveness from Allah.
(Jami'-ul-Fatawa, Volume: 10, Page: 59).