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adultery/fornication

Started by Ziad , Sunday, March 2 2008. Last post Thursday, April 24 2008.

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions.

Whenever it proves that a person has committed Zina (adultery/fornication) then imposing Hadd punishment on him becomes compulsory as legislated in Shariah. The legal punishment is as following:
If the free person indulging in illegal sex is married then he/she should be stoned till death. There is no difference between the man and the woman in this rule. There is a consensus among the companions of the Prophet and other Muslim scholars upon this rule as Ibn Qudamah mentioned in his book, al-Mughni. If the free person practicing illegal sex is unmarried then he/she should be flogged hundred stripes.
The slaves would be flogged only fifty stripes regardless of their being married or not. Allah Says (interpretation of meaning): {if they commit illegal sexual intercourse, their punishment is half that for free (unmarried) women.}[4:25].
Shafites and Hanbalites held the opinion that a free unmarried person whether a male or female should be exiled from the place where he/she committed Zina for one year. Malikites say that the rule of expulsion applies only to males, not females. Probably the first opinion is the most preponderant for the Hadith that Prophet said: "Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: 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". [Reported by Imam Muslim].
The Prophet did not differentiate between a male and female in this rule of expulsion. The punishment of keeping imprisonment/jailing was practiced in the beginning of Islam till Allah legislated the Hadd punishment as described in above Hadith. All the Ummah from the time of the Prophet has been accepting it as a punishment for the one who commits Zina.
Imam Qurtubi said: 'According to the opinion of all Muslim scholars the Ayah of Surah al-Noor "The woman and the man guilty of illegal sexual intercourse, flog each of them with a hundred stripes"[24:2] has annulled the Ayahs 16, 17 in Surah An-Nisa which prove jailing and hurting the one who commits Zina'. The meaning of the two Ayahs which prove imprisoning and hurting are as mentioned here "And the two persons (man and woman) among you who commit illegal sexual intercourse, punish them both. And if they repent (promise Allâh that they will never repeat, i.e. commit illegal sexual intercourse and other similar sins) and do righteous good deeds, leave them alone. Surely, Allâh is Ever the One Who accepts repentance, (and He is) Most Merciful. Allâh accepts only the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and foolishness and repent soon afterwards; it is they to whom Allâh will forgive and Allâh is Ever AllKnower, AllWise." [4:16-17].
Imposing any kind of penalty for the sin of Zina does not have any basis in Shariah. It is narrated in Shahih Bukhari and Muslim on the authority of Abu Hurairah that a Bedouin came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Judge between us according to Allah's laws." His opponent got up and said, "He is right. Judge between us according to Allah's laws." The Bedouin said, "My son was a laborer working for this man, and he committed illegal sexual intercourse with his wife. The people told me that my son should be stoned to death; so, in lieu of that, I paid a ransom of one hundred sheep and a slave girl to save my son. Then I asked the learned scholars who said, "Your son has to be lashed one-hundred lashes and has to be exiled for one year." The Prophet said, "No doubt I will judge between you according to Allah's laws. The slave-girl and the sheep are to go back to you, and your son will get a hundred lashes and one year exile." He then addressed somebody, "O Unais! Go to the wife of this (man) and stone her to death." So, Unais went and stoned her to death. Allah knows best

Ambree K - Wednesday, March 19 2008

uhhh... w/e! u r muslim? cool. but i am not. i belive in jesus christ the lord and savior of the world. he is the true savior.

Jennifer the Forgetful Faerie Queen - Thursday, April 24 2008

Hey that doesn't fall under the SEXY category MISTER!!

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