Marriage after a haraam relationship in which there was no zina
Question

                A man and a woman repented from an unlawful sexual
    relationship, but they continued to kiss and embrace, but
    without a sexual relationship, then they got married after
    that. Is this marriage permissible?.
Praise be to Allah.
      Firstly: 
    

      A relationship between a man and a woman
      outside of marriage, which is what is called an unlawful
      relationship, is haraam, regardless of the level of this
      relationship and whether it goes as far as an intimate
      relationship or zina (sexual relationship), which is the most
      reprehensible and abhorrent type of sins and one of the
      gravest of major sins that poses the greatest danger to the
      individual’s religious commitment and faith, or it is less
      than that, such as looking, touching or kissing. All of that
      is haraam and these are types of zina in the general sense,
      and are things that lead to the greater immoral
      action. 
    

      See the answers to questions no. 27259, 
		23349 and 9465. 
    

      Secondly: 
    

      If marriage takes place after a haraam
      relationship between a man and woman, then one of the
      following scenarios must apply: 
    

      1.
    

      Either that marriage comes after an
      illegitimate sexual relationship, in which case the marriage
      is not valid except on the condition that both the man and
      woman repent from zina and it be established that the woman
      is not pregnant as a result of the haraam relationship,
      because Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the
      meaning): “The adulterer/fornicator marries not but an
      adulteress/fornicatress or a Mushrikah; and the
      adulteress/fornicatress, none marries her except an
      adulterer/fornicater or a Mushrik [and that means that the
      man who agrees to marry (have a sexual relation with) a
      Mushrikah (female polytheist, pagan or idolatress) or a
      prostitute, then surely, he is either an
      adulterer/fornicator, or a Mushrik (polytheist, pagan or
      idolater). And the woman who agrees to marry (have a sexual
      relation with) a Mushrik (polytheist, pagan or idolater) or
      an adulterer/fornicator, then she is either a prostitute or a
      Mushrikah (female polytheist, pagan, or idolatress)]. Such a
      thing is forbidden to the believers (of Islâmic Monotheism)”
      [al-Noor 24:3]. 
    

      For more information please see the answer
      to questions no. 85335
      and 11195. 
    

      2.
    

      That marriage comes after a haraam
      relationship, but the relationship did not go as far as zina,
      such as kissing, touching and other haraam actions that are
      less serious than zina. In this case the marriage is valid,
      because it cannot be said of those who fell into this haraam
      relationship that they committed zina. 
    

      For more information please see the answer
      to question no. 106288. 
    

      And Allah knows
      best.