Zina
in Quran and Ahadith
Al Qur'an
And
come not near to the unlawful sexual intercourse. Verily, it is a Fahishah [i.e. anything that transgresses its
limits (a great sin)], and an evil way (that leads one to Hell unless All?
forgives him). [Al-Isra 17:32]
The
woman and the man guilty of illegal sexual intercourse, flog each of them with
a hundred stripes. Let not pity withhold you in their case, in a punishment
prescribed by Allah, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a party
of the believers witness their punishment. (This punishment is for unmarried
persons guilty of the above crime but if married persons commit it, the
punishment is to stone them to death, according to Allah's Law)[]. [An-Nur 24:2]
The
adulterer marries not but an adulteress or a Mushrikah
and the adulteress none marries her except an adulterer or a Muskrik [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, or a Mushrik (polytheist, pagan or
idolater, etc.) And the woman who agrees to marry (have a sexual relation with)
a Mushrik (polytheist, pagan or idolater) or an
adulterer, then she is either a prostitute or a Mushrikah
(female polytheist, pagan, or idolatress, etc.)]. Such a thing is forbidden to
the believers (of Islamic Monotheism). [An-Nur
24:3]
And
those who invoke not any other ilah (god) along with
Allah, nor kill such life as Allah has forbidden, except for just cause, nor
commit illegal sexual intercourse and whoever does this shall receive the
punishment[]. [Al-Furqan 25:68]
O
Prophet! When believing women come to you to give you the Bai'a(pledge),
that they will not associate anything in worship with All?, that they will not steal,
that they will not commit illegal sexual intercourse, that they will not kill
their children, that they will not utter slander, intentionally forging
falsehood (i.e. by making illegal children belonging to their husbands), and
that they will not disobey you in any Ma'ruf (Islamic
Monotheism and all that which Islam ordains) then accept their Bai'a(pledge), and ask All? to
forgive them, Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. [Al-Mumtahinah
60:12]
Saheeh Ahadith
Narrated 'Aisha :
In the life-time of Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) the sun eclipsed, so he led the
people in prayer, and stood up and performed a long Qiyam,
then bowed for a long while. He stood up again and performed a long Qiyam but this time the period of standing was shorter than
the first. He bowed again for a long time but shorter than the first one, then he prostrated and prolonged the prostration. He did the
same in the second Raka as he did in the first and
then finished the prayer; by then the sun (eclipse) had cleared. He delivered
the Khutba (sermon) and after praising and glorifying
Allah he said, "The sun and the moon are two signs against the signs of
Allah; they do not eclipse on the death or life of anyone. So when you see the eclipse, remember Allah and say Takbir,
pray and give Sadaqa." The Prophet then said,
"O followers of Muhammad! By Allah! There is none who has more ghaira (self-respect) than Allah as He has forbidden that
His slaves, male or female commit adultery (illegal sexual intercourse). O
followers of Muhammad! By Allah! If you knew that which I know you would laugh
little and weep much. [Sahih
Al Bukhari: Volume 2,
Book 18, Number 154]
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar :
The Jew brought to the
Prophet a man and a woman from amongst them who have committed (adultery)
illegal sexual intercourse. He ordered both of them to be stoned (to death),
near the place of offering the funeral prayers beside the mosque." [Sahih Al Bukhari: Volume
2, Book 23, Number 413]
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
I have not seen a thing
resembling 'lamam' (minor sins) than what Abu Huraira 'narrated from the Prophet who said "Allah has
written for Adam's son his share of adultery which he commits inevitably. The
adultery of the eyes is the sight (to gaze at a forbidden thing), the adultery
of the tongue is the talk, and the inner self wishes and desires and the
private parts testify all this or deny it." [Sahih Al Bukhari: Volume 8, Book 74, Number 260]
A similar narration is
found in Sahih Al Bukhari: Volume 8, Book 77, Number 609
'Abdullah reported:
I asked the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him): Which sin is the
gravest in the eye of Allah? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you associate
a partner with Allah (despite the fact) that He has created you. He (the
reporter) said: I told him (the, Holy Prophet): Verily it is indeed grave. He
(the reporter) said: I asked him what the next (gravest sin) was. He (the Holy
Prophet) replied: That you kill your child out of fear that he shall join you
in food. He (the reporter) said: I asked (him) what the next (gravest sin) was.
He (the Holy Prophet) observed: Then (the next gravest sin) is that you commit
adultery with the wife of your neighbour. [Sahih Muslim: Book 001, Number 0156]
A similar narration is
found in Sahih Muslim: Book 001, Number 0157
Abu Huraira
reported that Abu'l-Qasim (one of the names of
Allah's Messenger [may peace be upon him]) said: He who accused his slave of
adultery, punishment would be imposed upon him on the Day of Resurrection,
except in case the accusation was as he had said. [Sahih Muslim: Book
015, Number 4090]
'Ubada
b. as-Samit reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Receive (teaching) from
me, receive (teaching) from me. Allah has ordained a way for those (women). When an unmarried male commits adultery with an unmarried female
(they should receive) one hundred lashes and banishment for one year.
And in case of married male committing adultery with a married female, they
shall receive one hundred lashes and be stoned to death. [Sahih Muslim: Book 017, Number 4191]
A similar narration is
found in Sahih Muslim: Book 017, Number 4192
'Abdullah b. 'Abbas reported that 'Umar b. Khattab sat on the pulpit of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Verily Allah sent Muhammad (may
peace be upon him) with truth and He sent down the Book upon him, and the verse
of stoning was included in what was sent down to him. We recited it, retained
it in our memory and understood it. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
awarded the punishment of stoning to death (to the married adulterer and
adulteress) and, after him, we also awarded the punishment of stoning, I am
afraid that with the lapse of time, the people (may forget it) and may say: We
do not find the punishment of stoning in the Book of Allah, and thus go astray
by abandoning this duty prescribed by Allah. Stoning is a duty laid down in
Allah's Book for married men and women who commit adultery when proof is
established, or it there is pregnancy, or a confession. [Sahih Muslim: Book 017, Number 4194]
Abu Huraira
reported that a person from amongst the Muslims came to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) while he was in the mosque. He called him saying: Allah's
Messenger. I have committed adultery. He (the Holy Prophet) turned away from him, He (again) came round facing him and said to him:
Allah's Messenger, I have committed adultery. He (the Holy Prophet) turned away
until he did that four times, and as he testified four times against his own
self, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) called
him and said: Are you mad? He said: No. He (again) said: Are you married? He
said: Yes. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Take him and stone him. Ibn Shihab (one of the narrators) said: One who had heard Jabir b. 'Abdullah saying this informed me thus: I was one
of those who stoned him. We stoned him at the place of prayer (either that of
'Id or a funeral). When the stones hurt him, he ran away. We caught him in the Harra and stoned him (to death). This hadith
has been narrated through another chain of transmitters. [Sahih Muslim: Book 017, Number 4196]
'Abdullah b. Buraida reported on the authority of his father that Ma'iz b. Malik al-Aslami came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
and said: Allah's Messenger, I have wronged myself; I have committed adultery
and I earnestly desire that you should purify me. He turned him away. On the
following day, he (Ma'iz) again came to him and said:
Allah's Messenger, I have committed adultery. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) turned him away for the second time,
and sent him to his people saying: Do you know if there is anything wrong with
his mind. They denied of any such thing in him and said: We do not know him but
as a wise good man among us, so far as we can judge. He (Ma'iz)
came for the third time, and he (the Holy Prophet) sent him as he had done
before. He asked about him and they informed him that there was nothing wrong
with him or with his mind. When it was the fourth time, a ditch was dug for him
and he (the Holy Prophet) pronounced judg- ment about him and he
Imran b. Husain
reported that a woman from Juhaina came to Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) and she had become pregnant because of
adultery. She said: Allah's Apostle, I have done something for which
(prescribed punishment) must be imposed upon me, so impose that. Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) called her master and
said: Treat her well, and when she delivers bring her to me. He did
accordingly. Then Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) pronounced judgment about her and her clothes were tied around her and
then he commanded and she was stoned to death. He then prayed over her (dead
body). Thereupon Umar said to him: Allah's Apostle,
you offer prayer for her, whereas she had committed adultery! Thereupon he
said: She has made such a repentance that if it were
to be divided among seventy men of
Abdullah b. 'Umar reported that a Jew and a Jewess were brought to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) who had
committed adultery. Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) came to the Jews and said: What do you find in Torah for one who
commits adultery? They said: We darken their faces and make them ride on the
donkey with their faces turned to the opposite direction (and their backs
touching each other), and then they are taken round (the city). He said: Bring
Torah if you are truthful. They brought it and recited it until when they came
to the verse pertaining to stoning, the person who was reading placed his hand
on the verse pertaining to stoning, and read (only that which was) between his
hands and what was subsequent to that. Abdullah b. Salim
who was at that time with the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) said: Command him (the reciter) to
lift his hand. He lifted it and there was, underneath that, the verse
pertaining to stoning. Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) pronounced judgment about both of them and they were stoned. Abdullah
b. 'Umar said: I was one of those who stoned them,
and I saw him (the Jew) protecting her (the Jewess) with his body. [Sahih Muslim: Book 017, Number 4211]
Al-Bara'
b. 'Azib reported: There happened to pass by Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) a Jew blackened and
lashed. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) called
them (the Jews) and said: Is this the punishment that you find in your Book (Torah)
as a prescribed punishment for adultery? They said: Yes. He (the Holy Prophet)
called one of the scholars amongst them and said: I ask you in the name of
Allah Who sent down the Torah on Moses if that is the prescribed punishment for
adultery that you find in your Book. He said: No. Had you not asked me in the
name of Allah, I would not have given you this information. We find stoning to
death (as punishment prescribed in the Torah). But this (crime) became quite
common amongst our aristocratic class. So when we caught hold of any rich
person (indulging in this offence) we spared him, but when we caught hold of a
helpless person we imposed the prescribed punishment upon him. We then said:
Let us argree (on a punishment) which we can inflict
both upon the rich and the poor. So We decided to
blacken the face with coal and flog as a substitute punishment for stoning.
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: O Allah, I am the first to revive Thy command when they had made it dead.
He then commanded and he (the offender) was stoned to death. Allah, the
Majestic and Glorious, sent down (this verse):" O Messenger, (the behaviour of) those who vie with one another in denying the
truth should not grieve you..." up to" is vouchsafed unto you, accept
it" (v. 41) 2176 It was said (by the Jews): Go to Muhammad; it he commands
you to blacken the face and award flogging (as punishment for adultery), then
accept it, but it he gives verdict for stoning, then avoid it. It was (then)
that Allah, the Majestic and Great, sent down (these verses):" And they
who do not judge in accordance with what Allah has revealed are, indeed,
deniers of the truth" (v. 44) ;" And they who do not judge in
accordance with what Allah has revealed-they, they indeed are the wrongdoers"
(v. 45) ;" And they who do not judge in accordance with what God has
revealed-they are the iniquitous (v. 47). (All these verses) were revealed in
connection with the non-believers. [Sahih Muslim: Book
017, Number 4214]
Ubida b. as-Samit
reported: While we were in the company of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upoi him) he said: Swear allegiance to me that you will not
associate anything with Allah, that you will not commit adultery, that you will
not steal, that you will not take any life which it is forbidden by Allah to
take but with (legal) justification; and whoever among you fulfils it, his
reward is with Allah and he who commits any such thing and is punished for it,
that will be all atonement for it And if anyone commits anything and Allah conceals
(his faultfls), his matter rests with Allah. He may
forgive if He likes, and He may punish him if He likes. [Sahih Muslim: Book 017, Number 4235]
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