What is Zina?
source : http://aa.trinimuslims.com
There are many forms of Zina, but what we are addressing here is the
highest form. This is adultery, fornication, having sexual intercourse
without being married to the person.
Allah (SWT)'s order in the Quran to stay away from Zina:
And those who invoke not any other god along with Allah, nor kill
such life as Allah has forbidden, except for just cause, not commit
illegal sexual intercourse (zina) and whoever does this shall receive
the punishment. The torment will be doubled to him on the Day of
Resurrection, and he will abide therein in disgrace; except those who
repent and believe and do righteous deeds, for those Allah will change
their sins into good deeds, and Allah is Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(al-Furqaan 25:68-70)
And come not near to unlawful sexual intercourse. Verily, it is a faahishah (a great sin) and an evil way. (Sura Al-Israa 17:32)
Imaam al-Qurtubi (rahimaullah) said: The ulama said that the phrase And
come not near to unlawful sexual intercourse is more eloquent than
merely saying Do not commit zinaa, because the meaning is, Do not even
come close to zinaa. This means not doing any deed that may get close to
zinaa or lead to it, such as being alone with a member of the opposite
sex, touching, looking, going to evil places, speaking in a haraam
manner to a woman to whom one is not related, thinking about and
planning immoral acts, and so on.
"Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at
forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from Zina illegal
sexual acts, etc.). That is purer for them. Verily, Allh is All-Aware of
what they do. And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from
looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from Zina
illegal sexual acts, etc.) and not to show off their adornment except
only that which is apparent (like palms of hands or one eye or both eyes
for necessity to see the way, or outer dress like veil, gloves,
head-cover, apron, etc.), and to draw their veils all over Juyubihinna
(i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms, etc.) and not to reveal
their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's
fathers, their sons, their husband's sons, their brothers or their
brother's sons, or their sister's sons, or their (Muslim) women (i.e.
their sisters in Islam), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands
possess, or old male servants who lack vigour, or small children who
have no sense of the shame of sex. And let them not stamp their feet so
as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And all of you beg Allh
to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful." (Sura
24:30-31)
Hadith warning against not even coming close to Zina: Some persons from
Banu Hisham entered the house of Asma' daughter of Umays when AbuBakr
also entered (and she was at that time his wife). He (Abu Bakr) saw it
and disapproved of it and he made a mention of that to Allah's Messenger
(saws) and said:
I did not see but good only (in my wife). Thereupon Allah's Messenger
(saws) said: Verily Allah has made her immune from all this. Then
Allah's Messenger (saws) stood on the pulpit and said: After this day no
man should enter the house of another person in his absence, but only
when he is accompanied by one person or two persons. (Sahih Al-Bukhari
Book 25, Hadith # 5403)
Abd-Allaah ibn Masood (RAA) said:
I asked the Messenger of Allaah (saws), Which sin is worst in the
sight of Allaah? He said, To make any rival to Allah, when He has
created you. I asked, Then what? He said, To kill your child for fear
that he will eat with you. I asked, Then what? He said, To commit zinaa
with the wife of your neighbour. (Reported in Sahih Al-Bukhaari, Hadith
#492 and In Shaih Muslim, Hadith #90).
Rasulullah (saws) explained:
If one of you were to be stabbed in the head with a piece of iron it
would be better for him than if he were to touch a woman whom it is not
permissible for him to touch. (Reported by al-Tabaraani; see also Saheeh
al-Jaami, 5045).
This refers to the punishment for touching, so how about worse deeds,
such as embracing and kissing, and even worse kinds of illicit activity?
Rasulullah (saws) said, "Whenever a man is alone with a woman the Devil
makes a third."(Al-Tirmidhi 3118, Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab ,
Tirmidhi transmitted it as authentic) note: So we should always try not
to be alone with a woman who is not mahrum to us and not even go close
to Zina. >
Repentence from Zina
Ibn Abbaas (RAA) said: There is no major sin if one asks for
forgiveness, and there is no minor sin if one persists in repeating it.
So if one wants to repent from haning made the great sin of Zina he
should remember these 4 things..
1) Do not despair, for Allah the Most Exalted and Glorified said in the
Quran "Say: Oh my servants who have transgressed against their souls!
Despair not of the mercy of Allah, for Allah forgives all sins; for He
is oft-forgiving, most merciful." [Surah 39:53]
2) Let your repentance be truly from your heart, and stay away from all
sources of temptations. Also, perform many good deeds, as good deeds
abrogate the bad ones.
3) If you repent to Allah, you are no longer described as a fornicator (zaani). Therefore, you can marry a chaste woman.
4) The believer has high hope and aspiration for the best from Allah. He
not only asks Allah for making his punishment easy in hellfire, but he
also prays to Allah the Almighty to save him from Hell and award him
with paradise for his repentance and good deeds.
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Quote:
| "It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allah and His
Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in
their decision. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he has
indeed strayed in a plain error"
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[Quran Chapter 33 Verse 36]
