Dought & clear - She committed zina with a non-Muslim during the day in Ramadan a few years ago, then she regretted it. What should she do?.

One of my close friends committed zina during the day in Ramadan with
a non-Muslim young man when she was twenty years old. Now she is
twenty-nine and is very sad about what she did. She wants to know what
exactly she should do so that that mistake may be forgiven.
Praise be to Allah.
Firstly:
There is no doubt that zina )fornication( is a major sin and is
something that incurs the wrath and anger of Allah. If zina was
committed with a non-Muslim, the sin is greater, and if that was
during the day in Ramadan, that is even worse. If the person
whocommitted the sin does not repent sincerely from the bottom of his
heart, then his loss is complete.
Allah, may He be exalted,says )interpretation of the meaning(:
"And those who invoke not any other ilah )god( along with Allah, nor
kill such life as Allah has forbidden, except for just cause, nor
commit illegal sexual intercourseand whoever does this shall receive
the punishment.
The torment will be doubled to him on the Day of Resurrection, and he
will abide therein in disgrace;
Except those who repentand believe )in Islamic Monotheism(, and do
righteous deeds, for those, Allah will change their sins into good
deeds, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
]Al-Furqaan 25:68-70[
"Say: O My slaves who have transgressed against themselves )by
committing evil deeds and sins(! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah,
verily Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving,Most
Merciful."
]az-Zumar 39:53[.
Despite the abhorrent nature and severity of the sin and the fact that
the one who committed it is exposed to the wrath and anger of Allah,
the mercy of Allah precedes His wrath, so He does not hasten to punish
His slave; rather He opens to him the gateof repentance and gives him
time to repent. If he repents and is sincere, Allah will forgive him,
nomatter what his sin was.
What this young woman must do is be sincere towards Allah in her
repentance, regret having committed this abhorrent action, resolve
never to commit this sin again, and do a lot of righteous deeds. She
should turn to her Lord, thinking positively of Him, being sincere
towards Him and repenting fully to Him. Allah accepts the repentance
of His slaves and grants pardon for bad deeds.
Secondly:
The one who committed zina during the day in Ramadan has to, along
with repenting, make upthat day's fast and offer the severe expiation,
which is to free a slave; if he cannot do that, then he must fast for
two consecutive months;and if he cannot do that,he must feed sixty
poor persons.
See also the answer to question no. 39734
The one who did that several years ago and has not made up the fasts
that he missed also,in addition to the above,has to offer expiation
for delaying the making up of that day's fast, which is to feed one
poor person; the amountto be given is half a saa' of the local staple
food, wheat or rice and so on. That is equivalent to oneand a half
kilograms.
The Standing Committee was asked:
What is the ruling on one who committed zinaduring the day in Ramadan?
That took place at the time when he was ignorant and now he is asking
Allah for forgiveness.
They replied:
The questioner has to repent and must offer expiation, which is to
free a slave; if he cannot do that, then he must fast for two
consecutive months; if he cannot do that, then he has to feed sixty
poor persons. He also has to make up the fast of that day on whichhe
broke the fast, and hehas to offer expiation for the delay in making
up that day's fast, which is one and a half kilograms of wheat.
End quote from Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa'imah, 9/255
And Allah knows best.

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