Zina while fasting
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's
Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
Please tell me that what is punishment for him/her , who concern
sex with opposite sex called ZINA during ROZA STATUS?
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Answer:
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
We assume
your question is related to one who is fasting commits ‘zina’ (illegal sex)
with a non-mehram woman. If a married
couple have conjugal relations while in the state of fasting, then it would
obviously not be termed ‘zina’, but there is indeed a prescribed punishment in
Shariah for such a transgression. Our
answer is concerning the specific sin of ‘zina’, where a man has committed
illegal sexual intercourse with a non-mehram woman.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 17 Surah Israa verse 32: Do not
even go near ‘zina’ (fornication or adultery) for it is a very indecent thing
and a very evil way!
Zina
(fornication and adultery) are considered amongst the gravest sins in
Islam. One can imagine the severity of
the sin by the punishment Allah and His Messenger (saws) have prescribed for
this heinous sin. If one is living in an
Islamic State and gets convicted of the sin of zina (adultery), the punishment prescribed by Allah and His
Messenger (saws) is that he/she should be stoned to death!! And if the person dies without making Taubah
or asking repentance from Allah Subhanah in the life of this world, the punishment of the Hereafter in the Just
Court of Allah Subhanah is even more severe than the punishment of the
world!!
Beloved
brother in Islam, indeed the prescribed punishment in Shariah for ‘zina’
(adultery) is to stone the convicted person to death. But this law will only apply when one is in
an Islamic State, and the case of adultery is brought to a Shariah Court, and
the crime is proved by the prosecution in the Shariah Court either by a
confession of the person him/her self, or by producing four honorable witnesses
who actually saw the person in the actual act of ‘zina’ intercourse. If convicted of the accused crime of ‘zina’
by the
But in
the situation when the ‘zina’ case is not brought to a
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 25 Surah Furqaan verses 68-71:
68 And (the true servants of the Merciful are) those who cry not unto
any other god along with Allah, nor take the life which Allah hath forbidden
save in the (course of) justice, nor commit adultery; and whoso
doeth this shall pay the penalty;
69 The doom will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he
will abide therein disdained for ever;
70 Save him who repents, and believes, and does righteous work; as for
such, Allah will change their evil deeds into good deeds. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
71 And whosoever repents and does good, he verily repents toward Allah
with true repentance.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumur verses 53-54: (O
Prophet) say: “O My servants who have wronged their own souls….Do not despair
of Allah’s Mercy! Surely, Allah forgives all sins. He indeed is the All Forgiving, All Merciful. Return to your Lord and submit to Him before
the scourge overtakes you; for then you
may get no help from anywhere.”
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anaam verse 54: When
those come to you who believe in Our Signs,
say: "Peace be on you! Your
Lord had inscribed for Himself (the rule of) Mercy. Verily if any of you did evil in ignorance, and thereafter repented and amended (his
conduct), Lo! He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
If one
commits ‘zina’ while fasting, he only increases the severity and heinousness of
the sin; but the prescribed punishment of the sin of ‘zina’ if convicted in a
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan