What are the dangers of zina and other evils to society?
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Question:
Zina is considered one of the serious social ills in society. I ask for your comment on the social dangers of zina.
Answer:
Zina and drinking intoxicants are all social ills. Among the most vile and greatest of them is drinking intoxicants, using hashish and intoxicating narcotic pills, and smoking in all its forms. All of these are ills. Zina is the ugliest and greatest—seeking refuge in Allah—and so is sodomy. All of these are vile ills from which one must guard against them and their means. Allah says:[Al-Furqan 25:68-70] the verse [al-Furqan: 68-70].
It is established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 4870Sahih (Darussalam) This authentic hadith indicates the severity of the warning in this matter, and that the one who commits zina, the thief, the drinker of wine, and the one who plunders people's wealth only does this because his faith has departed, and because faith is absent. This faith is the complete faith and the obligatory faith, in addition to the foundation of faith. However, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stated it in the context of warning and caution.
The Khawarij erred in this matter and used this hadith as evidence for his disbelief. The Mu'tazilah used this hadith as evidence that he will be eternally in the Fire. Both of them erred. However, the people of the Sunnah and the community say: This is in the context of warning. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stated it, and we state it in the context of warning and caution, while acknowledging that the foundation of faith remains with him. The foundation of faith remains with the thief, with the one who commits zina, and with the drinker of wine. We do not declare him a disbeliever unless he considers these matters permissible. If he considers zina permissible and says it is lawful, or considers wine permissible, or considers theft permissible, then he becomes a disbeliever, an apostate—may we seek refuge in Allah.
As long as he knows that it is forbidden, and knows that he is a sinner by his zina, and that theft is forbidden, and zina is forbidden, and intoxicants are forbidden, and similar things, but his desire and lust overcame him until he did what he did, while believing in his heart that it is forbidden; then we say: This negates the obligatory faith, but the foundation of faith remains. He has the foundation of Islam with him. He is a Muslim sinner, a believer who sins, contrary to the Khawarij and contrary to the Mu'tazilah.
This is the statement of the people of the Sunnah and the community in these matters. They say: He is a believer by his faith, and an open sinner by his major sin. They say: He is a believer who sins. They say: He is an open sinner. They do not say: He is a disbeliever, nor: He is eternally in the Fire, unless he considers it permissible. If he considers zina, wine, and the like permissible, he becomes a disbeliever according to all the people of the Sunnah and the community.
Zina is considered one of the serious social ills in society. I ask for your comment on the social dangers of zina.
Answer:
Zina and drinking intoxicants are all social ills. Among the most vile and greatest of them is drinking intoxicants, using hashish and intoxicating narcotic pills, and smoking in all its forms. All of these are ills. Zina is the ugliest and greatest—seeking refuge in Allah—and so is sodomy. All of these are vile ills from which one must guard against them and their means. Allah says:
(68) 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. (69) Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated - (70) Except for those who repent
وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا يُضَاعَفْ لَهُ الْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيهِ مُهَانًا إِلَّا مَنْ تَابَIt is established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
No one who commits Zina is a believer at the moment when he is committing Zina; no one who steals is a believe at the moment when he is stealing; no one who drinks wine is a believer at the moment when he is drinking it; and no robber is a believer at the moment when he is robbing and the people are looking on.
لا يزني الزاني حين يزني وهو مؤمن، ولا يسرق السارق حين يسرق وهو مؤمن، ولا يشرب الخمر حين يشربها وهو مؤمن، ولا ينتهب نهبةً ذات شرفٍ يرفع الناسُ إليه فيها أبصارَهم حين ينتهبها وهو مؤمنThe Khawarij erred in this matter and used this hadith as evidence for his disbelief. The Mu'tazilah used this hadith as evidence that he will be eternally in the Fire. Both of them erred. However, the people of the Sunnah and the community say: This is in the context of warning. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stated it, and we state it in the context of warning and caution, while acknowledging that the foundation of faith remains with him. The foundation of faith remains with the thief, with the one who commits zina, and with the drinker of wine. We do not declare him a disbeliever unless he considers these matters permissible. If he considers zina permissible and says it is lawful, or considers wine permissible, or considers theft permissible, then he becomes a disbeliever, an apostate—may we seek refuge in Allah.
As long as he knows that it is forbidden, and knows that he is a sinner by his zina, and that theft is forbidden, and zina is forbidden, and intoxicants are forbidden, and similar things, but his desire and lust overcame him until he did what he did, while believing in his heart that it is forbidden; then we say: This negates the obligatory faith, but the foundation of faith remains. He has the foundation of Islam with him. He is a Muslim sinner, a believer who sins, contrary to the Khawarij and contrary to the Mu'tazilah.
This is the statement of the people of the Sunnah and the community in these matters. They say: He is a believer by his faith, and an open sinner by his major sin. They say: He is a believer who sins. They say: He is an open sinner. They do not say: He is a disbeliever, nor: He is eternally in the Fire, unless he considers it permissible. If he considers zina, wine, and the like permissible, he becomes a disbeliever according to all the people of the Sunnah and the community.
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