It depends on the individual and his/her surroundings. This woman Asra Nomani and her son are living guilt free , as I see it. She even performed Hajj. She is grand daughter of Allama Shibli Nomani ,Who was great Islamic scholar and who wrote a widely read book on life of our Holy Prophet(SAW).
Her website is here Asra Nomani .
Here is her article on this subject.
Washington Post: For Mother’s Sake: She Shouldn’t be Stoned. None of us Should**
**Washington Post, **Outlook Section
June 1, 2003
For Mothers’ Sake
She Shouldn’t Be Stoned to Death. None of Us Should
By Asra Q. Nomani
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Every morning, like mothers everywhere, I playfully nuzzle my infant son, Shibli, drawing a smile from him. He is my joy, but to some, he is more than that. Shibli is proof that I, an unmarried Muslim woman, am guilty of zina, or “illegal sex,” just as Wasila, a toddler in Nigeria, is evidence against her mother, Amina Lawal, a divorced woman charged with adultery.
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