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AZ-ZINAA (FORNICATION/ADULTERY) -
PART 2
The Holy Prophet (saw) had said:
“After me when Zinaa will
increase, sudden deaths will also increase”.
He
(saw) also said:
“Zinaa causes depravity and destitution, and because of it, populated
places become deserted”.
It
is reported from Imam Ali bin Abi Talib (as):
“On the day of judgement, a
(very) foul smell shall be released by the command of Allah (SWT) and
all the people will become restless because of it so much so that it
will become difficult to breath. Then a caller will proclaim: O people
of Mahshar! Do you know what this stench is? They will reply: We do not
know! However this stink is causing great discomfort. (They shall be
told): This is the bad smell from the sexual organs of those who
committed ZINAA and died without repenting for their sins. Allah (SWT)
curses these people, you too invoke curse upon them. The there will not
be a single person who would not say: O’Allah! Send your curse (anger)
upon these fornicators”.
PRECAUTIONS FROM
ZINAA:
Ayatullah Abdulhussein Dasti Ghayb (r.a) writes in “Gunahaane Kabeera”:
Adultery is the root of degradation of society in the world and eternal
punishment in the hereafter. Islam has therefore prescribed some
obligatory rules for our protection. Allah (SWT), in His unsurpassed
wisdom made these rules incumbent upon us. If these rules are obeyed,
the Muslims can protect themselves from such a serious sin.
RULE NO.1
Do not even go near to what will lead you
to Zinaa. Therefore lower your gaze.
“And do not approach Zinaa;
verily it is a shameful act and an evil way”.
(17:32)
One of the senses which tempts the sexual urge and can lead one to
Zinaa is what is termed as Nadhar which means “a
look”. This is the reason why we have been instructed in both, Quran and
Hadeeth to lower our gaze from seeing forbidden things.
“(O Muhammad) Say to the
believing man to lower their eyes and guard their private parts. That is
purer for them. Verily Allah is Aware of what they do. And say to the
believing women to lower their eyes and guard their private
parts……..” (24:30/31)
“He knows the treachery of the
eyes and what the breasts conceal”.
(40:19)
S.V.mir Ahmad Ali writes in his Tafseer:
“Treachery of the eyes” may mean: (i) What the eyes see may not be
actually taking place (ii) They show love when hatred is meant (iii)
They see things which they should not see; but Allah’s perfect,
all-comprehending and all-pervading knowledge penetrates through all
mysteries.
The
Holy Prophet (saw) has said:
“A look is a poisonous arrow from the arrows of Iblees (satan). Whoever
avoids giving (haraam) look in fear of Allah (SWT), Allah will put into
his heart the faith (Imaan) whose sweetness he will feel”.
He
(saw) has also said:
“The first look is a
mistake, the second is deliberate and the third is destructive”.
Imam Ali bin Abi Talib (as) said:
“There is nothing in the body
more ungrateful than the eyes. Therefore, do not give to it, its freedom
lest it diverts you from the remembrance of Allah (SWT)”.
Islam is instructing us to abstain from looking at all those things
which will stimulate and provoke the sexual urge within us and lead us
gradually to Zinaa. Therefore, women who do not observe purdah
and dress up in provocative manner, lustful gazing of men-women towards
one another, befriending the opposite sex, watching sexually provocative
materials in TV or in books, magazines, newspapers, or even on the
internet and in the cinemas, looking at the private parts of the
opposite sex, going to places like discos, casinos and even sea-fronts
where nudity is prevelant – all these are Haraam and a true believer
must abstain from even looking at them.
To be continued…………….
Mulla Mujaheedali Sheriff
mulla@almahdi.org.uk |