women don't...
there we have it once again,
the PERFECT woman and the B A S T A R D a.k.a. MEN
PS
you only mentioned one sad story which is really really sad. Shall I now share 2 Stories of Men who have been victim of your perfect gender which is always perfect and has no flaws? The stories have a dimension you will not even dare to dream about them in your wildest dreams.
Both have flaws, men and women. Our duty in the long run is to make the things clear and really it's none of our business, be it man or be it woman to share our past with our spouse. Both men and women are not allowed to ask about a irrelevant past/issue. If you want to begin from scratch and you want it from the bottom of your heart, Allah is with you. If stones are laid infront of your way, then take whatever action you want and divorce. Allah is not pleasured with that way, but this wrath shall be upon those who cannot even accept one of the rules given to us. It is truly - and I say it once again - none of our business to put our nose in the past of your wife or husband.
It becomes a business of yours in the future, but not before. Don't forget that!
Instead of solving the issue you will create problems and this will lead to frustration, frustration will lead to tension and tension will lead to the ultimate death of your spirit. It is hard to recover. Instead of creating problems we should seek solutions and consult Allah. He is the one who created you and
"Oh ye believer I have only created you to see who is best in deeds"
and this truly is not a good deed of a husband or a wife to nose in the past of the spouse.
Dear males, if you want to nose around in the past of your wife, it will not help you further, but give you tension and you will make decision which you will surely regret. Even though we all should speak the truth it is none of our business to interfere in the past of a woman who wants to put a veil on her mistakes. Instead of making it easy for her, you ask questions which aren't related to the marriage. Everyone makes mistakes and not only Men are "allowed" to make mistakes. Women have the same rights, if they want to follow men, shall they! We can tell them not to do so, but using violence? Nada, Niente, Non, No, Nein, Naheen, you are not allowed. It is between Allah and him/her...
That is such a weak relationship in the beginning but you people have made a game of it. If you like the to play you play, if not you leave as if nothing happened. As if a marriage has not a meaning, as everything is just fun and it should not be taken serious. I ball when I want, I don't when I don't want.
This is the level we have come down to, right? Your hearts and your souls should be filled with shame and pity that you want to know the past of your spouse.
May Allah guide you to the right path and may he enlighten to you that a marriage is a blessing of Allah and who rejects this blessing, he is not worthy of getting any blessing again.
Thank You
Take arranged marriage for example. Parents want to find their daughters men who have not slept around, who do not lie, who do not have a temper problem etc. The only way they'll makean informed decision is by observing what the person has or has not done so far.
Just as the college i'm applying for needs to know my grades and my behavior (drugs, jail etc), if a guy wants to marry a girl, his past becomes the girl's business and if she wants to marry him, her past becomes his business. Marriage includes knowing each other, SHARING a life---that means past present and future. We are not talking about any random person nosing around.