The Ruling on Committing Zina with a Neighbor’s Wife

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is the sin of zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) with the neighbor’s daughter, or the neighbor’s sister, the same as zina with his wife, or is zina with his wife more severe than that?

Answer:
Zina with the neighbor’s wife or zina with a mahram (a relative one may not marry)? It is all the same, because the neighbor trusted you; the neighbor trusted you and settled next to you. So if you betray him, that is the greatest betrayal. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “By Allah, he does not believe, by Allah, he does not believe, by Allah, he does not believe.” They said, “Who is he, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “The one whose neighbor is not safe from his harm.” The neighbor has a right, and he has trusted you. So if he betrays his neighbor, that is the greatest betrayal. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you

Question:
Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: We advanced with us in a surah.

Answer:
The pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Even in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, they respected their neighbors and the neighbors' women. He said, "And lower your gaze if you see my neighbor, until my neighbor covers her place of rest." He lowers his gaze from her. And he is ignorant and a disbeliever. This means it was among the customs of the Arabs that Islam approved. Yes.