Fikih of Women Pregnant Due to Adultery: A Study of Fatwa-Fatwa NU, MUI, and Muhammadiyah

Abstract

This study attempts to explain that the marriage of pregnant women due to adultery is a classic problem whose legal status is still being contested. Pros and cons still color among the clergy regarding who can marry this woman. This paper intends to describe the reinterpretation of the marriage of pregnant women as a result of adultery which has been fatwaed by NU, MUI, and Muhammadiyah. The research method used is literature review with a descriptive-analytic approach. Furthermore, the data obtained from the research results are compiled and described and then analyzed based on the available theory, then a conclusion is given. The results of this study indicate that both NU, MUI, and Muhammadiyah agree that the marriage of a woman who is pregnant as a result of adultery can have a marriage, both with the man who committed adultery with her and with another person.