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Allah ta`ala says: "Do not come near Zina, for it is a shameful
deed and an evil path." 17:32
"The male and female who commit fornication - flog each one of
them with one hundred lashes, and do not let compassion for the
two of them keep you from (complying with) Allah's religion, if
you believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a group of
believers witness their punishment." [24:2]
The Jurists say that the last verse quoted above is the
punishment for fornicators who have never been married. If a
person was ever married before committing the crime of Zina, he
or she is to be punished by stoning to death. This is
established by the practise of the Prophet sallallahu `alayhi wa
sallam. If they are not punished in this world and die without
repentance (by regretting, leaving the sin, and so forth), they
will be punished in the Fire with whips of fire.
In a tradition transmitted by Bukhari, on the authority of
Samurah ibn Jundab (raa), concerning a dream of the Prophet in
which the Prophet accompanied by Jibreel and Mikaail, the
Prophet (saws) said: "We went on and arrived near a pit which
was like an oven, out of which we could hear cries. We glanced
into it and saw naked men and women, who cried out when the
flames reached them from below. I asked, "Who are these, o
Jibreel?" He replied: "Males and females who have committed
fornication."
In explaining the meaning of the verse concerning Hell, "It has
seven gates, to each of these gates a class (of sinners) is
assigned." (15:44); `Ataa says: "The most severe of these gates
in terms of heat, pain, sorrow, and stinking air is the gate for
the doers of fornication, who did it (even) after knowing the
awfulness of it."
Article by, Imam Shamsuddin Adh-Dhahabi
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