Is it true that the one who commits fornication with a virgin will never smell the fragrance of Paradise?
Question I am a young man and I got to know a girl, and the matter went so far that we committed an immoral action; the girl was a virgin before I had intercourse with her. My question is: Is it true that the young man who takes the virginity of any girl will not smell the fragrance of Paradise? Because this is what I have heard from all my friends. Is there any evidence in the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of His Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) for the soundness of these words? I hope that you will answer the question. Answer Praise be to Allaah. Undoubtedly what you did of committing fornication is a grave and major sin; rather it is one of the worst of sins after shirk and murder. It is sufficient in affirming the gravity of fornication to note that Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, threatens the fornicators with a doubled punishment and eternity in the Fire of Hell, humiliated and disgraced, because of the gravity of their crime a...