Punishment for adultery zina.
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Asalamoelikum,
I'd like to know why a man is sentenced to a 100 lashes and 1 year of exile
when committing adultery while a women is sentenced to be stoned to death?
none of the hadith explain why this is so or if somebody asked the Prophet
(saw) why this is so.
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Answer:
Punishment for
adultery zina
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 none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 24 Surah
Noor verse 2:
2 The woman and the man guilty of ‘zina’ (fornication) flog each of
them with a hundred stripes: let not compassion move you in their
case in a matter prescribed by Allah if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day:
and let a party of the believers witness their punishment.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.810 Narrated by Jabir
A man from the tribe of Aslam came to the
Prophet (saws) and confessed that he had committed adultery (illegal sexual
intercourse). The Prophet (saws) turned his face away from him till the man
bore witness against himself four times. The Prophet (saws) said to him,
"Are you mad?" He said "No." The Prophet (saws) asked, "Are you
married?" He said, "Yes."
Then the Prophet (saws) ordered that he be stoned to death, and he was
stoned to death at the Musalla (public gathering place).
The prescribed punishment for the sin of ‘zina’ in Shariah
depends on the marital status of the person convicted of the crime in a court
of Shariah Law:
- Fornication: If the man or the woman who is convicted
for the crime of ‘zina’ is unmarried (fornication), Shariah Law prescribes
a punishment for a 100 lashes in public.
- Adultery:
If the man or the woman who is convicted for the crime of ‘zina’ is married (adultery), Shariah Law
prescribes that the guilty should be stoned to death in public.
The punishment prescribed in Shariah Law for one convicted
for the crime of ‘zina’ (adultery or fornication) is exactly the
same for a man or a woman.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and well
wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister