What is to be said about viewing Haram pictures.... Pornography Generally and related Genre?
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What is to be said
about viewing Haram pictures....
Pornography Generally and related Genre?
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Answer:
Viewing Haraam pictures
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.
The principle of Islam is that
when a thing is declared haraam or prohibited by
Allah and His Messenger (saws), all the roads that lead to that sin are also
considered haraam.
Allah and His Messenger (saws)
have clearly declared the sin of zina (adultery and
fornication) haraam; thus watching any indecent or
pornographic pictures or movies, although it cannot be considered a sin as
grave as zina, will be considered a smaller zina of the eyes, ears, etc.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter24 Surah Noor verse 30:O Prophet,
enjoin the believing men to restrain their gaze, and guard their private parts. This is a more righteous way for them. Allah has knowledge of whatever they
do.
Allah has commanded the
believers to lower their gaze, and guard their chastity. This is a more righteous way for them. The act of zina
(fornication or adultery) is a great sin in Islam. But the Prophet(saws)
warned us against committing zina of the eyes, zina of the
feet, zina
of the hands, etc. If ones eyes are
constantly watching sexual movies, magazines, etc. it would be
considered zina of the eyes. If one goes to a place to commit zina or to the place of sexual movies, magazines, etc., it
would be considered zina of the feet. All the above are roads that ultimately might
lead one to the grave sin of zina, thus all of them
are a sin and an evil act, and must be avoided by the believers.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 7 Surah Aaraaf verse 33:Say (O Prophet): The
things which my Lord has declared haraam are:
shameful deeds, whether open or secret; and sinful things; and transgression against the Truth.
Every deed done by the Children
of Adam, will be brought forth in an Open Book in the
Court of Allah on the Day of Judgment.
And if a believer, who sincerely fears Allah and the Last Day, has done evil and
shameful deeds in the past, must strive
to immediately seek forgiveness from Allah and fear the Day when no deed will
be hidden from the All Knowing, All
Wise; and each individual will have to
give a full accounting of the deeds that he had done.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 99 Surah Zilzaal verses 7-8:(On the Day of Judgement)
whoever has done an atoms weight of good shall see it; and whoever has done an
atoms weight of evil, shall see it!
Thus the believers should fear
Allah and the Day of Severe Accounting, and strive to stay away from the haraam. On that
Inevitable Day, even an atoms weight of evil done by man will be brought
forth, and every individual will have to give a full accounting of every deed
that he had done.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allahs 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