Chapter on the Hadd Punishment for Zina
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The Shaykh : Then the author said "Chapter on the Hadd Punishment for Zina". What does "hadd" mean?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Or is it a definition? "Chapter on the Hadd Punishment for Zina" means the chapter on the definition of zina or the chapter on its punishment? It is the chapter on its punishment, because we are now discussing the book of hudud, which are "the punishments prescribed by the Shari'ah for a sin, to expiate the act of the perpetrator and to deter others from doing the same".
Regarding the definition of zina, they say that the definition of zina is: "the act of committing a shameful deed in the front or the back". And a shameful deed is any forbidden sexual intercourse, because forbidden sexual intercourse is a shameful deed that is abhorrent to all minds. There is no one among the children of Adam whose mind does not find this abominable act abhorrent, except one from whom Allah has taken his intellect and altered his nature, for such a person may find this abomination acceptable. The hyena finds the smell of dung acceptable, but it may die from the smell of roses. Ibn al-Wardi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
"The scent of roses is harmful to the hyena". The scent of roses, which is among the most pleasant things, is disliked by the hyena when it smells it. But bring it dung! Glory be to Allah, it smells it strongly. You might find dung in a place; from the day it was deposited in this spot, there is nothing around it. The flies notice it and come to this airport. In any case, I say that some people, may Allah protect us from that, find this act, which is zina, and sodomy which is worse than it, acceptable. We ask Allah for safety. So it is a shameful deed. That is why we describe it as the act of committing a shameful deed in the front or the back. So what is the shameful deed? Any forbidden sexual intercourse.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Or is it a definition? "Chapter on the Hadd Punishment for Zina" means the chapter on the definition of zina or the chapter on its punishment? It is the chapter on its punishment, because we are now discussing the book of hudud, which are "the punishments prescribed by the Shari'ah for a sin, to expiate the act of the perpetrator and to deter others from doing the same".
Regarding the definition of zina, they say that the definition of zina is: "the act of committing a shameful deed in the front or the back". And a shameful deed is any forbidden sexual intercourse, because forbidden sexual intercourse is a shameful deed that is abhorrent to all minds. There is no one among the children of Adam whose mind does not find this abominable act abhorrent, except one from whom Allah has taken his intellect and altered his nature, for such a person may find this abomination acceptable. The hyena finds the smell of dung acceptable, but it may die from the smell of roses. Ibn al-Wardi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
"The scent of roses is harmful to the hyena". The scent of roses, which is among the most pleasant things, is disliked by the hyena when it smells it. But bring it dung! Glory be to Allah, it smells it strongly. You might find dung in a place; from the day it was deposited in this spot, there is nothing around it. The flies notice it and come to this airport. In any case, I say that some people, may Allah protect us from that, find this act, which is zina, and sodomy which is worse than it, acceptable. We ask Allah for safety. So it is a shameful deed. That is why we describe it as the act of committing a shameful deed in the front or the back. So what is the shameful deed? Any forbidden sexual intercourse.