Zina!!!
A sinful enterprise

All praise is due to Allah Who Created, Fashioned and then honoured man above all other of His creation. His knowledge and wisdom precede every happening in the universe and His purpose for every bit of what He caused to come to be can never be frustrated or misrepresented by His creation no matter their specie.

Allah Glorified be He did not make a mistake to have created the natural instinct of MAWADDAH (Love) and RAHMAH (mercy) to seek out one another, nor the characteristics of the heart to yearn, desire, conceive, aspire and wish (Hamm), with the range and levels spanning the lowest to the highest in individuals, environments and moments/periods of time.

The man Allah created is described perfectly by Allah Himself. The precise verses that are of interest to me of all the numerous verses is in At-teen Q95;4,5.

We have certainly created man in the best of stature. Then we returned him

to the lowest of the low

The best stature in which Allah created man is that of honour whereby He has engraved in him the faith in Him, Allah after he, man took a convenant with Allah that He Allah is indeed his (man’s) lord. This is the same purport of the saying of the prophet (saw) that all children are born upon the natural course of worshipping Allah alone which is the meaning of their accepting Allah to be their lord at the time of the covenant. So Allah again describes the status of man saying

We have indeed honoured the children of Adam above all the worlds

By world here is meant every specie of His creation. Sequel upon these scenarios surrounding the creation of man and the status of honour he occupies among other creations it is natural that Allah should not leave issues at the level of just words of eulogies. It would make no sense that man is attributed with these praises for just that he was given sight, hearing and a heart. The animals have been given no less than that. The rational is simple. Man is given a dominion over other species of the creation in honour. His life should definitely symbolize this honour. It is common knowledge that the king does not put up the ordinary features of his subjects though they are humans like him. It is not arrogance nor haughtiness alone that could reveal these features. The nature of his responsilities as a king is enough to make him distinguished. The wealthy too are distinguished from the poor naturally and so are professionals from technicians. The bank manager may not eat in the same restaurant as the truck pusher. It is the respect that the position commands that naturally gives birth to the dichotomy. Sooner the persons of attributes commanding one form of respect or the other fail to put up the commensurate characteristics of distinction they are naturally self convinced that they are not what they are even before that gets to be observed and established by the people. And if they do not strive in time to fill the gap they will be cut up by the reality of the situation at which time their keeping in the position would only yield mocking honour from the beholders.



It is this light alone we can comprehend the honour Allah has conferred on man. His position of honour was alloyed in a body of attributes and characteristics that should make him distinguished among other creations on the earth and even in the heaven. In the light of this honour, angels who are similarly servants of Allah are placed at the service of man. The animals and plants from the most staunch of them to the most gentle are subdued to man’s enjoyment. All the heavens and the earth is made easy to explore and manipulate by man for whatever ends he sets to achieve. Hence the solid, liquid and gaseous minerals have been greatly explored and utilized by man. And ultimately they are going to be honoured in the paradise when they maintain these attributes with which Allah has made them different from the other creations.



Of the characteristics with which man’s honour is established before other creations, is living above the animally approach, to seeking sexual gratification. Sex is to be observed only within the confines of marriage. Man is built with a natural sense of shyness to be nude in before the eyes of just anybody. This is a primary reason to wear clothes. This shyness could not just be let down at extreme pressure of sexual urge. The honourable provision to answer this call is made by Allah.

والذين لفروجهم حافظون# الا علي ازواجهم او ما ملكت ايمانهم فانهم غيرملومين#

And those who guard their private parts# Except with their partners in marriage, they certainly do not incur any blame.

Man is to observe this decorum to retain his position of honour or else Allah says:

فمن ابتغي ورآء ذالك فأولآٍك هم العادون#

And whosoever seeks anything below this, such are the transgressors.

The gravity of falling low as low as the shameful and abominable act of zina is symbolized in the hard punishment for it’s perpetuators and the stern terms in which the penalty was revealed.

الزاني والزانية فاجلدوا كل واحد منهماس مأ ة جلدة ولا تأخذكم بهما رأفة في دين الله ان كنتم تؤمنون بالله واليوم الآخروليشهد عذابهما طآءفة من المؤمنين#

The fornicator and the fornicatress whip them a hundred stripes of cane and do not be seized by pity in their case if you believe in Allah and the last day and let an assembly of the believers be witness to the execution of their penalty.

The messenger of Allah the leader of the pious of the past and present the noblest of mankind conveys authoritatively a further stern extension to the rule

A muslim’s blood may not be shared except for three cases: For taking another soul (murder), for a married person to commit zina and for a person to apostate from Islam and create instability or division to the ummah of Islam.

Further on this all avenues leading to the act of zina have been labelled equally as no descent and abhorrent in keeping with the status of honour on which man is placed. The verses of Jilbab and Hijab came to crown the women with the identity of in-cooperation with zina and all that could lead to it including if such were inherent in their own nature or acquired. Hence Allah curses those who invent allegations to discredit and rupture the dignity of the respected female servants of Allah in their clad representing self-respect, discipline, modesty, bashfulness, shyness, on-the-mission- to-raise- a-nation- of-Allah’s- pleasure.

Verily those who falsely accuse the chaste, innocent, believing women of zina are cursed in this life and in the hereafter and they shall have an agonizing punishment.

Also the prophet says there are two kinds of people he had not seen and who will appear before the end of time and he named them; The clothed but naked women and the tyrants

No stone was left unturned to expunge the shameful act out of the community of Islam.

To that end, honest, sincere, and holy confessants to the messenger of Allah were not spared when the first and the only cases of zina in his time needed to be treated. Their stoning was pronounced and they were stoned to death. That was a stoning of the pious (may Allah be pleased with them and bless us with the kind of taqwa he gave them)



That is how Islam has made clear the shamefulness of zina. It is indeed a sinful enterprise. We thus have to beware. The brotherhood of Islam is that of help one another in righteousness and piety and not in sin and transgression. A brother, a sister should not have an assumption that he has garnered so much taqwa that the precautions stipulated by Allah and His messenger should be relaxed. The prophet speaks the truth when he said shaytan flows in our body as the blood does. That is the nature of the enterprise and in the end of the day it combines both the pious and the criminals in it. The believer does not become deliberate and determinate momentarily but gradually. Shaytan hits him with a strange whisper at the slightest moment of unconsciousness of Allah. How have set out to attend da’wah programs but ended up being cornered by the chief deceiver and they earned nothing but the shame of zina? How many have visited to take lessons but shaytan taught them lessons? How many were out only to help with a problem a sister had but ended up helping themselves in donning the crown of shame? How many left their families in care of trusted friends but had shaytan care for the friend and the family together? How many interceded between intending marriage partners until they were fed the soup of shame? It is as illusive and as cunning as you cannot imagine that even the one who talks against it at the slightest chance could descend in the ugly act.



The world of the kufar paints for us a picture that sanctions zina and thus no one is safe except the one who distances himself from their ways with Allah’s help. The pornography industry has become a booming one that the institution of marriage and it’s values are almost evaded. Allah has rightly described them that They eat like animals and hell is their final abode. They cannot see sense in all your arguments except by Allah’s permission. So they are blind and can never see the immediate as well as the distant evil of their doings. The eyes do not go blind rather the hearts which are in the thoracic cavity. So they make a public display of their nudities, sending their nude pictures to their fans, placing themselves on the internet for view by fans at the price of tokens of dollars, standing nude at the entrances of hotels, creating nude musical video films. This is a representation of the promise of shaytan to dissuade Allah’s servants from following the straight path. Allah has reduced them to this bestially position of life in humiliation and disgrace because of their arrogance and sturbornness in failing to honour their honourable positions as humans and in the hereafter they will be paid with their due recompense of the horrors of the fire. May Allah save us from their ways.



Glorified be the name of Allah whose perfection is indeed perfect and works in all that man displays of ingratitude to Him after all the favours He conferred on him.

@Queenisha: You need to read this thread about Zina!

what is zina?

a long dissertation like this and yet the zina remains unclear.

sounds like a person or a drink.

Can you people learn to state your point without using long flowery language. Its good for fiction but not when trying to discuss something.

@Tpia: Lazy man! At least you should try to read a bit of it, before you open your mouth in the "Toilet!" Your favorite room in the apartment/flat in New Zealand!

Zina is illicit sex; Fornication or Adultery! I hope you are not involved in neither?!

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@Tpia: Only from a bent mind like your could such an idea come from! I think New Zealand is a bad impression on your thinking. Go home! Each time you write, I see a close friend of Shaitan from your your piece!

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I hope that you know that I am saying that your idea is more align to that of Shaitan.

olabowale: why being aggressive? The poster asked a valid question. Forget about New Zealand, forget the cheap shots. Give a clear explanation to the seeker of knowledge. If you have sought knowledge to further than the far East, even as the Prophet (PBUH) noted, then you ought to share it. Where does this "dissertation" (apologies) fit into life today? What is Zina? Did you notice where the long submission explained what zina is? If you did, then share it.
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@nimshi

Hmnnnn, reminds me of when I just joined nairaland. I hope you will understand soon enough.

tpia is pretty much deaf/blind. No insult meant. He neither sees what you write nor hear it if read to him and he has a foul mouth hand.

The word zina (adultery and fornication), in Islam, can be used in two different, yet related, ways. It can be used as a general term that refers to a general meaning, and as a legal term defining a criminal act that invites punishments and other legal applications.

Zina in its broad meaning indicates any haram (prohibited) act, whether the act was sexual intercourse or a look, talk, touch, or desire that is related or may lead to elicit sexual relations.

Ibn ‘Abbas narrated that the Prophet (pbuh) said:

‘Allah has written for Adam’s son (mankind) his share of zina (adultery and fornication), which he commits inevitably. The zina of the eyes is the sight (to gaze at a forbidden thing), the zina of the tongue is the talk, and the inner-self wishes and desires and the private parts testify all this or deny.’

These are forbidden because they eventually might lead to sexual intercourse, and they are forbidden as a preventive issue.

Allah (swt) in the Nobel Qur’an said:

Nor come near to adultery: for it is a shameful (deed) and an evil, opening the road (to other evils). Surah 17 Verse 32

Scholars said that what makes some forms of gazing, talking, and touching forbidden acts is that they bring you near zina.

Allah also said:

Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: And God is well acquainted with all that they do. Surah 24 Verse 30

Zina, as a legal term, has a more specific meaning because there are legal applications related to it. According to scholars, in its legal meaning zina is ‘the voluntary sexual intercourse outside of marriage when the male sexual organ is inserted inside the female one, regardless of the number of times.’

Thus, any sexual relationship, which fits this definition, is legally zina and deserves the application of a major legal penalty.

Zina in its broad meaning and its legal meaning are both haram (forbidden). However, committing zina (the legal meaning) leads to a major legal penalty, whereas committing anything that brings you near to zina is considered a bad deed for which one is accountable before Allah and it does not qualify for any specific physical punishment set out in Islamic law.

Zina is regarded among the major sins in Islam. The Prophet (pbuh) said:

‘There is no sin after shirk (polytheism) greater in the eyes of Allah than a drop of semen, which a man places in the womb which is not lawful for him.’

One may ask why zina is forbidden. The answer is that the shari’a (Islamic law) has objectives and intents. The objective of the Islamic law is to serve the interest of people (masalih al-‘ibad). The five ultimate interests (al-kuliyat al-khamsah) are the deen (belief), an-nafs (life), al-‘aql (intellect), al-maal (wealth), and an-nasl (family and lineage).

The wisdom of preserving an-nasil (family and lineage) is to assure the recognition of the right lineage of people and their children, by which the social kinship and social network is kept safe and stable, as well as preserving society from sexually transmitted diseases.

Islam has two ways to preserve an-nasl (family and lineage):

1. Making marriage permissible and commanding Muslims to declare their marriages and to announce the children who come from the marriage.
2. Eliminating the causes of corruption by prohibiting and punishing zina and by forbidding coming near to zina .

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Allâh Ta’âla says:
"And do not go near zina. It is indeed a shameful and an evil path." (Surah Al Isrâ’, Ayah 32)


Allâh Ta’âla says:
"The woman and the man guilty of fornication - lash each of them with a hundred lashes. Let not compassion move you in their case, in a matter prescribed by Allâh, if you believe in Allâh and the Last day and let a group of believers witness their punishment". (Surah Al-Nûr, Ayah 2)


Rasûlullah (saw) said: "…adultery of the eyes is when it looks at that which is Harâm; adultery of the ears is when it listens to that which is Harâm; adultery of the tongue is when it utters Harâm; adultery of the hands is when it touches Harâm; adultery of the feet is when it walks towards Harâm; adultery of the heart is when it desires and hopes for that which is Harâm; adultery of the private parts is when it succumbs to that which is Harâm." (Targhib wa Tarhîb)

From the above Hadîth it is clear and apparent that Islam forbids not only the act of adultery but all acts that invite and encourage the act of zina. Islam shuts the door to the root of every evil.


Nabî (saw) said: "There are three such people with whom Allâh Ta’âla will not speak to (with words of mercy and kindness) nor will Allâh Ta’âla look at them (with eyes of mercy) nor will Allâh Ta’ala purify them, and for them is a painful punishment:

* An old person who commits zina.
* A king or leader who is exceptionally deceptive (he lies a lot).
* A needy person who is proud." (Muslim)

Once Nabî (saw) remarked, "A dayyûth will never enter Jannah." The Sahâba enquired, "Who is a Dayyûth?" Nabî (saw) replied, "A man who is not bothered about who visits his wife." (Sunnats)


Touching a Strange Woman with Lust

It has been reported that the person who touches a strange woman with lust, on the day of resurrection his hands will be shackled to his neck. If he kissed her, his lips will be cut off and thrown in the fire of Jahannum. If he committed adultery then his thighs will bear witness to it and testify against him on the Day of Qiyâmat. It will say to him, "I was mounted for something impermissible." Allâh will look at him with anger. The flesh of his face will fall off and he will proclaim "What did I do?" His tongue will testify and say, "I spoke to whom it was not permissible for you to talk to." His legs will testify, "I walked towards something unlawful." His hands will testify "I held something which was prohibited for you." His eyes will testify "I gazed at unlawful things." His private parts will testify "I committed the act." An angel will say, "I heard it" while another will say, "I’ve written it down." Allâh will say "I was aware of it and I concealed it." Then Allâh will say to the angels "Let him taste of my punishment. My anger has increased on one who has no shame." (Kitâb-ul-Kaba’ir)

Hadîth Warns Parents

Rasûlullah (saw) has said: "When he attains maturity get him married. If he attains maturity and his father does not get him married, (and as a result commits a sin,) this sin falls upon the father."

Therefore, once a child becomes bâligh (of age) and mentally matured, parents and guardians should not delay in getting them married.

It is Harâm for boys and girls to court. The parents will be sinful if they allow strange men or boys to visit the females of their homes. Parents should not take any command of Allâh Ta’âla lightly.

Rasûlullah (saw) Speaks to Youth

Rasûlullah (saw) said: "O young men, who amongst you can afford to get married, should marry, for this will be a means of restraining the eyes from casting an evil glance and keeping one pure and chaste." (Mishkât)

It is reported that once Nabî (saw) said, "O Muslims, fear adultery as it has six consequences. Three in this world and three in the hereafter. As for the worldly consequences; spiritual light from the face vanishes, life is shortened and a person becomes poverty-stricken. As for the hereafter; it causes Allâh’s displeasure, difficult reckoning and it obligates the punishment of Jahannam." (Kitâb-ul- Kabair.)


The Result of Young People of Marriageable Age who Do Not Get Married

When there is no taq’wa (fear of Allâh) in an unmarried person’s life, the passions of such a person are fulfilled in one of the following ways:

1. Having unlawful relationships with men or women.
2. Having mistresses.
3. Visiting escort agencies and prostitutes.
4. Frequenting clubs or discos.
5. Reading pornographic material.
6. Gazing at women with lust.


The Solutions
To make nikâh. Nikâh in Islâm is very simple, easy and full of barakâh. If one cannot make nikâh due to some shar’î reason, he/she should resort to the following:

1. Keep fast.
2. Protect the eyes from looking at strange men/women.
3. To avoid mixed gatherings.
4. To have the thought that Allâh is at all times watching and aware of your actions.
5. To refrain from sitting and working in privacy with strange women.
6. Males should fulfill the rights of their wives i.e. looking after them. This will prevent women from treading the wrong path.
7. To be wary of the dictates of the nafs.
8. Women should fulfill their husband’s rights and should not make excessive demands on them.
9. To ask Allâh for protection from disobedience.



A Youth Seeks Permission to Commit Adultery

A youth (from the outlying regions) came to Nabî (saw) and said: "Please permit me to commit adultery." The Companions of the Nabî (saw) took this very ill and were enraged at his words; but Nabî (saw) said to him: "Come nearer to me. Would you like anyone to commit adultery with your mother?" He said: "Not at all." Nabî (saw) said: "Then other people will also never tolerate such a shameful act with their mothers." Then Nabî (saw) asked him the same question about his sister, aunt, etc. And he answered each time in the negative. Then Nabî (saw) put his hand on his chest and prayed: "O Allâh! Purify his heart, forgive his sins and guard him against adultery." The reporters say that, after this, nothing was more hateful to him than adultery.
http://www.jamiat.co.za/library/zina_adultery_fornication.htm

ayinba1: thanks for the heads-up.

The question has been responded to in more direct terms. tpia may be a distraction, but we must remember that even a broken timepiece is correct at least once a day. Especially when questions are asked, it is important to pay attention. And in this specific case, tpia's question appeared to be valid; in fact, a direct answer the question adds good value to the discussion.

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@Tpia: I try to keep what I do not want in memory. That remembrance does help me to try to avoid these things; Hell and Shaitan.

I do not want to be complacent. That is my guard should not be let down so much so that I forget that I must avoid them. When you don't remember them, they creep on to you and snatch you.

Thats is a system you must adopt. That will help you to drop fornications, lewdness, and other bad behaviors that may be sinful or that will lead to the big sins.

Tpia, you are the same guy who wants to be half Fulani. Funny dude. Go to sleep. Its late in Auckland. Thats where you are, aren't you?

olabowale:

@Tpia: I try to keep what I do not want in memory. That remembrance does help me to try to avoid these things; Hell and Shaitan.

Your preoccupation with Shaitan has reached the point of obsession; so much so that when asked about farting, you offered up Shaitan as the reason for farting during salat. It's a new outlook Shaitan as reason for everything gone wrong, even from wind from the rectal orifice. Mediocrity.
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