Imām Alqamāʿ ibn Qays (رحمه الله) was once asked about: *a man who fornicated with a woman and later married her,* and he replied by reciting the verse, *“It is He who accepts the repentance of His worshipers, and remits the sins.”*_{Qur'an 42:25}_ `[Musannaf Ibn Abī Shaybāh 17626, Kitāb al-Āthār 203]`