Re: My official stance on prostitution
^ Why are you not comfortable about it?
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Prostitution is a sin just like any other sins and one who does not recognizes it as one, also is a sinner for the person disregards ALLAH:swt: and Rasool:saw: by doing so.
May Allah:swt: keep us guided.
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PCG, because I'm insecure about it, I guess.
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^ Yes, but even a prostitute can be guided onto the right path/bring themselves to the right path, ask forgiveness, and try to lead a halaal life after that. And guess what? Such a lady can still get into heaven.
You don't decide who gets into heaven, you know.
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What would be the source of the insecurity? Like what would be running thru your head if you found out that the woman you met and loved (emotionally) is a prostitute.
Like say you meet this wonderful girl, and she tells you later that her defense bangla is actually a whorehouse on Tuesday nights?
Re: My official stance on prostitution
respect and marriage are two very different things...
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Roman, what is so respectful about being a prostitute?
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PCG: In Islam, any alive person is a potential guided person. Guidance comes from ALLAH:swt: and no one can be neither should be judgemental about such. BUT my point was to think prostitution as a normal deed is as sinful as being a prostitute.
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Why only tuesday nights? Why not every night. Plus, from what I hear, Roman does not go for defense bangal type girls…
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Respect has many meanings.
It can mean "I respect you" in the sense that I totally disagree with you/or hate you, but I'm not going to tell you to your face because you'll fire me or because you could make my life hell.
It can mean "I respect you", as in I want to look politically correct, but when push comes to shove, no, I really don't respect you - which is what I'd classify Roman's statement as.
And then you have "I respect you", as in, I appreciate you and admire you.
Oh and you also have "I respect you" as in : shutup, I am too tired to argue, so go away.
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BUT my point was to think prostitution as a normal deed is as sinful as being a prostitute.
How intense a sin is - that's up to God to decide. I hate it when people say "if you do this, its like getting the punishment of that". I'm sorry, did God communicate this factoid to you in your dreams when you visited heaven?
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PCG: I respect you after your this very post.
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:D Kaunsa wala respect?
And no, I don't think Prostitution is a normal deed. It is also not an encrouaged deed. And its sad that it exists even in our own Land of the Pure.
Pity that the gov't doesn't help these women get better paying jobs that are halaal. For example, working at KFC.
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unless you ignored the very Quran and ahaadeeth where GOD ACTUALLY DID tell about WhAT IS A SIN AND WHAT IS NOT; so that we can stay away from sins. right?
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PCG, Zina( and prostitution will fall under that) is Gunah-i-kabira...I think.
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no there is "respect" as in respecting someone for just being human and not condemning them for what they do.
Respect such as respecting them as a human.. but you dont have to agree with what they do or say. And it has nothing to do with when push comes to shove..
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I'm not saying Prostitution is not a sin, AQ. I'm saying that your equation
Punishment of committing prostitution = punishment of thinking prostitution is a normal deed.
(kinda depends on what one means by "normal deed")
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no there is "respect" as in respecting someone for just being human and not condemning them for what they do.
Last part of that sentence - condeming them for what they do :
If you're a muslim, and you see a wrong act or know of a wrong act, then you should not call it a good act. Agreed?
You should also not dismiss it as "crap happens".
You should also not "respect" it. Because respect implies the negative of condemnation. If you condemn something, you are not respecting it. You are not approving of it. You are not saying "this is just something human, and hota hai".
When you respect something, you are saying "I disagree, but I wont argue with you or force you to do things my way". Respect means there is a level of tolerance.
If it means there is a level of tolerance, that means you do not mind it being there.
If you do not mind it being there, then you do not find it sinful. For how can you not mind sin being there?
Therefore, you can't believe that something is sinful, and then say you respect it.
If you respect it, you basically do not believe that its worth the punishment that a sin would get.
Like, I don't like baseball. Put me in a baseball game, and I will hold a grudge against you for a long time. But I respect baseball. People who play it have skill, they work hard, etc.
Also, saying you respect something, means you will tolerate its existence. You wont work to abolish it.
That's not such a great muslim, now is it?
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PCG, you gotta learn a lot about the concept called respect.
Why would I be insecured? Because like anybody here I'm raised a certain way. Somethings you can't change about yourself on how you live your life but somethings you definitely can change in terms of how you look at them the way you were raised to do.