A husband whose wife had many suitors at the same time

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Q 8: Someone asked to marry a girl, who was a virgin, and they got engaged. He was one from a group of people who competed to marry her. He married this woman with her consent and with her family's consent according to the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him). They are leading a peaceful and happy life, and were granted children. But he is still worried because he fears that he might have proposed to her when someone else had already proposed to her. He fears having committed a sin due to that. Should he offer an expiation if he is sure that he did that?

A: He is not liable to offer expiation if he is sure that he proposed to her when someone else had already proposed to her. But he has to repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness. Sincere repentance obliterates what had preceded it of sins. May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.