The Crime of Zina and Deliverance from Its Consequences
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Question:
What is obligatory for one who has committed the crime of zina to be delivered from the consequences of that act?
Answer:
Zina is among the greatest of what is forbidden and the greatest of major sins. Allah has threatened the polytheists, those who kill without right, and those who commit zina with a multiplied punishment on the Day of Resurrection and eternal abode therein in a state of humiliation and degradation, due to the magnitude of their crime and the ugliness of their action. As Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Furqan 25:68] His punishment will be multiplied for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein in humiliation, except for one who repents, believes, and does righteous deeds [Al-Furqan: 68-70].
So whoever falls into any of that must repent to Allah with sincere repentance, and follow that with sincere faith and righteous deeds.
Repentance is sincere if the repentant person abandons the sin, feels remorse for what has passed of it, and resolves with a sincere determination not to return to it, out of fear of Allah the Exalted and magnification of Him, and hope for His reward and fear of His punishment. Allah the Exalted said: [Ta-Ha: 82].
It is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman to guard against this great sin and its means with the utmost caution, and to hasten with sincere repentance from what has passed of it. Allah accepts the repentance of sincere repenters and forgives them.
What is obligatory for one who has committed the crime of zina to be delivered from the consequences of that act?
Answer:
Zina is among the greatest of what is forbidden and the greatest of major sins. Allah has threatened the polytheists, those who kill without right, and those who commit zina with a multiplied punishment on the Day of Resurrection and eternal abode therein in a state of humiliation and degradation, due to the magnitude of their crime and the ugliness of their action. As Allah the Exalted said:
And those who do not invoke with Allah another deity or kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty.
وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا So whoever falls into any of that must repent to Allah with sincere repentance, and follow that with sincere faith and righteous deeds.
Repentance is sincere if the repentant person abandons the sin, feels remorse for what has passed of it, and resolves with a sincere determination not to return to it, out of fear of Allah the Exalted and magnification of Him, and hope for His reward and fear of His punishment. Allah the Exalted said:
But indeed, I am the Perpetual Forgiver of whoever repents and believes and does righteousness and then continues in guidance.
وَإِنِّي لَغَفَّارٌ لِّمَن تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا ثُمَّ اهْتَدَىIt is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman to guard against this great sin and its means with the utmost caution, and to hasten with sincere repentance from what has passed of it. Allah accepts the repentance of sincere repenters and forgives them.
Source
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