Zina/Adultery
Family is a basic social institution.
Seeking beauty, wealth or prestige other than the blessings of God leads to
disillusion and worst, to self-destruction both for men and women. We saw
reality today for example women marrying rich arabs
frustrated later when they discovered they cannot blend with the culture
and money cant make them happy. Or Men marrying for beauty finally realized
time changed looks and that real beauty is peace and divine life.
`A
woman is to be sought for marriage either because she is beautiful, or wealthy,
or of a noble descent or for her good upbringing and religiosity. Seek the last
one and you will be successful.' (hadith)
Marriage in Islam is both:
1. 'ibadah (worship) == obedience to
God commandment to marry for love and preservation of human race.
2. mu'amalah == Lawful transaction
recognized by the society.
"When a man marries, he
has fulfilled half of his religion, so let him fear Allah regarding the
remaining half (hadith). Marriage shields him
from promiscuity, adultery, fornication,homosexuality
etc.,
Gravity of
the sin of ZINA (fornication)
The
adulterer-fornicator marries not but a woman similarly guilty or an Unbeliever(pagan); and the woman guilty of adultery or
fornication, not marries her except an adulterer-fornicator or an Unbeliever. Such
a thing is forbidden to the believers.(Quran 24:3)
Notice how Allah allows a Muslim
man who commits fornication to marry a pagan woman, and a Muslim woman who
commits fornication to marry a non Muslim man. The reason for that is
because in Allah Almighty's sight, those who commit fornication or adultery are
no longer Muslims, "unless they repent
thereafter and mend (their conduct); for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful...(24:5)"
A Muslim man or woman
who commits fornication or adultery is not any better than the pagan idolater
in Allah's sight. This is a very serious sin in Islam that Muslims must
be extremely careful from. Fornication is Satan's number one temptation
to all mankind. Muslims are ordered to resist it and to not fall into it.
Points to ponder in marrying a non-Muslim.
The verse that allowed it and
the CONDITIONS:
...chaste women among
the People of the Book, revealed before your time,-
when ye give them their due dowers (mahr), and desire chastity (e.g. marriage), not lewdness (e.g.
illegal sex), nor secret intrigues(girlfriends) if any one rejects faith, fruitless is his work, and in
the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual
good)."(Quran 5:5)
Provided it be from
motives of purity and chastity and not of lewdness. BUT if we are not
allowed to take the non-believers as friends and protectors, do you think we
should consider marrying from them?
"O ye who believe! take not for friends and
protectors those who take your religion for a mockery or sport,- whether among those who received the Scripture before
you, or among those who reject Faith; but fear ye God, if ye have faith
(indeed). (Quran,
"Never will the Jews or the
Christians be satisfied with thee unless thou follow their form of religion.
Say: 'The Guidance of God,-that is the (only) Guidance.' Wert thou to follow
their desires after the knowledge which hath reached thee, then wouldst thou
find neither Protector nor helper against God. (Quran, 2:120)"
....some who have
faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors. (Quran 3:110)"
THE BEST
ADVICE:
"Do not marry
unbelieving women (idolaters), until they believe: A slave
woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even though she allures
you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers until they believe: A man slave who
believes is better than an unbeliever, even though he allures you. Unbelievers
do (but) beckon you to the Fire. But God beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of
bliss) and forgiveness, and makes His Signs clear to mankind: That they may
celebrate His praise."(Quran 2:221)
May Allah grant unto us life
partners and offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes, and give us
(the grace) to lead the righteous, ameen.
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