Editing Screen: Surah an-Nur 24 : 2

Editing: an-Nur

Description <ul> <li> <p>The punishment of 100 lashes given to the person who commits Zina [illegal sexual intercourse] and has never been married. The ruling on stoning the married adulterer is mentioned in the Hadith. A woman belonging to the Juhainah tribe came to the Messenger of Allah (<strong><span dir="RTL">ﷺ</span></strong>) after having commited Zina. She submitted: "O Messenger of Allah! I am liable to Hadd (punishment ordained by Allah), so execute it.'' The Messenger of Allah (<strong><span dir="RTL">ﷺ</span></strong>) called her guardian and said, "Treat her well and bring her to me after delivery.'' He acted accordingly. Then the Messenger of Allah (<strong><span dir="RTL">ﷺ</span></strong>) commanded to tie her clothes firmly around her and then had her stoned to death. He (<strong><span dir="RTL">ﷺ</span></strong>) then offered funeral prayer for her. [Muslim]</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Explanatory Note</strong></p> <p>This emphatic and clear opening is immediately followed with an explanation of the mandatory punishment for adultery, a ghastly crime that severs the ties between its perpetrator and the Muslim community.</p> <p>Flogging is the punishment of male and female adulterers who have not been empowered through marriage. This punishment is enforced on any Muslim who is sane, of age and a free person whose guilt is established. As for a person who has had sexual relations within a proper marriage and then commits adultery even though he is sane, of age and free, his punishment is stoning.</p> <p>When enacting such severe punishments for this abominable offence, Islam does not overlook the natural desire behind it. Islam knows that human beings cannot and should not suppress such a natural desire. Nor does Islam wish that people should fight the physiological functions God has given them as part of their nature and part of the laws of life, ensuring the continuity of mankind. Islam only shuns an animal approach to this desire that treats one body the same as another, and which has no intention of building a home, life partnership or family. Islam wants sexual relations between a man and a woman to be based on fine human feelings that involve their hearts and souls in their physical union, so as to make it a union between two human beings sharing their lives, pains, hopes, and futures. In this way, any children will be reared by both parents building a future together.</p>

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