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Marriage to a Person Guilty of *Zina*
Marriage between two who are guilty of zina is permissible as per what Allah Almighty says:
The fornicator shall not marry any but a fornicatress or idolatress, and (as for) the fornicatress, none shall marry her but a fornicator or an idolater; and it is forbidden to the believers. (An-Nur 24:3)
There is a difference of opinion among the scholars with regards to a chaste man marrying an adulteress who has not repented or vice versa. Some of them said that it is not lawful. This is the opinion of Ali, Al-Baraa',A’ishah, and Masud (may Allah be pleased with them all). The majority of scholars, including Abu Bakr,Umar or Uthman, and IbnAbbas (may Allah be pleased with them all), on the other hand, permitted marriage with an adulterer, adding however, that marriage to a chaste and pure person was more virtuous.
I cant see the punishment of stone to death written anywhere or am I looking at the wrong section?
I agree to 100 lashes as they are seen in early Islamic Traditions. However stoned to death is something new and I have not heard of this act in life time of Holy Prophet SAW.
As far as I think this is something invested by Talibans in Afghanistan. This world is filled with Zanis and if they all start of confess then pretty soon you will see 70% of the world in graves.
Please provide references for the stone to death from Hadith, Sunnah or Quran?
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 3.860 Narrated by Abu Huraira and Zaid bin Khalid Al Juhani
Two bedouins came to the Prophet (saws) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (saws)! Judge between us according to Allah's Laws." His opponent got up and said, "He is right. Judge between us according to Allah's Laws." The bedouin said, "My son was a laborer working for this man, and he committed illegal sexual intercourse (fornication) with his wife. The people told me that my son should be stoned to death; so, in lieu of that, I paid a ransom of one hundred sheep and a slave girl to save my son. Then I asked the learned scholars who said, ‘Your son has to be lashed one-hundred lashes and has to be exiled for one year.’ The Prophet (saws) said, "No doubt I will judge between you according to Allah's Laws. The slave-girl and the sheep are to go back to you, and your son will get a hundred lashes and one year exile." He then addressed somebody (Hadrat Unais (r.a.)): "O Unais! Go to the wife of this (man), and if she confesses to her crime (of adultery), stone her to death." So, Hadrat Unais (r.a.) went and stoned her to death.
Thus the above quoted hadith proves that the punishment for the sin of ‘zina’ in Shariah depends on the marital status of the person convicted of the crime in a court of Shariah Law:
Fornication: If the man or the woman who is convicted for the crime of ‘zina’ is unmarried (fornication), Shariah Law prescribes a punishment for a *100 lashes in public. *
Adultery: If the man or the woman who is convicted for the crime of ‘zina’ is married (adultery), Shariah Law prescribes that the guilty should be *stoned to death in public. *
Hope i gave reference for R.A.W's statement. This was taught to us 1400 years ago and Taliban is of recent origin.
The accused, before the accusation, must be known as a practicing Muslim.
There must be four Muslim witnesses to the incident or confessions from both of the accused persons.
The accused must possess common sense. The accused must not have been in an intoxicated state of mind while the act was committed.
The accused must be an adult.
The accused must have committed adultery of his/her own free will.
Qur’an
The Qur’an does not allow extramarital sex.
And go not nigh to fornication; surely it is an indecency and an evil way.
Qur’an 17:32
Moreover, the Qur’an considers extramarital sex as one of the major sins besides polytheismm and murder:
“And they who do not call upon another god with Allah and do not slay the soul, which Allah has forbidden except in the requirements of justice, and (who) do not commit fornication and he who does this shall find a requital of sin. The punishment shall be doubled to him on the day of resurrection, and he shall abide therein in abasement."
Qur’an 25:68
Punishment
Some say the punishment for adultery according to the Qur’an is noted in Surah 24 (An-Núr), Verse 2:
“The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication,- flog each of them with a hundred stripes: Let not compassion move you in their case, in a matter prescribed by Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day: and let a party of the Believers witness their punishment."
Qur’an 24:2
Interpretations
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, a well-known Pakistani Islamic scholar, has examined all hadith related to Rajm in his book Burhan. Based on principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, such as the one from Shatibi, who writes that Sunnah is either explanation of the Qur’an or addition to the Qur’an. If it is an explanation, then its status is secondary otherwise, it will only be considered addition if it is not discussed by the Qur’an.[2]](Zina - Wikipedia)[3]](Zina - Wikipedia) Ghamidi concludes that Quranic punishment for Zina in verse [Qur’an 24:2] does not leave a room for another interpretation.[3]](Zina - Wikipedia) He also writes that stoning can only be prescribed for someone who rapes or habitually commits fornication as prostitutes, as it constitutes hirabah (maleficence in the land) and punishable accordingly.[4]](Zina - Wikipedia)
As it is attributed to Muhammad in following hadith:
Acquire it from me, acquire it from me. The Almighty has revealed the directive about women who habitually commit fornication about which He had promised to reveal. If such criminals are unmarried or are the unsophisticated youth, then their punishment is a hundred stripes and exile and if they are widowers or are married, then their punishment is a hundred stripes and death by stoning. Sahih Muslim 1690 The former regulations (i.e. the steps taken for the punishment to occur) also make some Muslims believe, that the process’ goal was to eventually abolish the physical penalties relating to acts of (fornication and) adultery, that were already present within many societies around the world when Islamic teachings first arose. According to this view, the principles are so rigorous in their search for evidence, that they create the near impossibility of being able to reach a verdict that goes against the suspect in any manner. [1]](http://www.asmasociety.org/perspectives/article_8.html)
Punishments may go ahead despite a lack of the forementioned evidence if those guilty of adultery or premarital sex decided to admit to their sins, and then accepted the punishment. This would be an indication of honesty and piety and if the sinner repents and vows never to commit such an act of sin again (Tawba Nasuha), then their punishment of the lashes or the stoning would acquit them of the sin they had committed on the day of judgement. If confessed in sincerity, the punishment purges the offender of the sin in the hereafter so that his or her punishment on earth is less severe by comparison than that which he or she may receive in purgatory.
Hadith
There are many hadith that outline capital punishment as a penalty for adultery, including two of the following:
Imran b. Husain reported that a woman from Juhaina came to Muhammad and she had become pregnant because of adultery. She said: I am pregnant as a result of Zina. Muhammad said: “Go back, and come to me after the birth of the child”. After giving birth, the woman came back to Muhammad, saying: “please purify me now”. Next, Muhammad said, “Go and suckle your child, and come after the period of suckling is over.” She came after the period of weaning and brought a piece of bread with her. She fed the child the piece of bread and said, “Oh Allah’s Apostle, the child has been weaned.” At that Muhammad pronounced judgment about her and she was stoned to death.
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Reported by many companions that Ma’iz went before Muhammad in the Mosque and said, “I have committed adultery, please purify me.” (In another report, Muhammad asked Ma’iz that the reports he heard about him are correct or not[5]](Zina - Wikipedia)) Muhammad turned his face away from him and said “Woe to you, go back and pray to Allah for forgiveness.” But the boy again came in front of Muhammad and repeated his desire for purification. The act was repeated three times, until Abu Bakr, sitting close by, told the Ma’iz to leave, as the fourth repetition of the plea would get him stoned. But the man persisted. Muhammad then turned to him and said “you might have kissed or caressed her or you might have looked at her with lust (and so assumed that you committed Zina)”. Ma’iz replied in the negative. Allah’s Apostle said “did you lie in bed with her?” Ma’iz replied in the affirmative. He then asked, “did you have sexual intercourse?” Ma’iz replied in the affirmative. Then Muhammad got quite uncomfortable, and asked “Did your male organ disappear in the female part?” Ma’iz replied in the affirmative. He then asked, once more, whether Ma’iz knew what Zina means. Ma’iz replied “yes, I have committed the same act a husband commits with his wife.” Muhammad asked if he was married, and he replied “yes”. Muhammad asked if he took any wine, and Ma’iz again replied in the negative. Muhammad then sent for an inquiry from the neighbors of Ma’iz, whether or not Ma’iz suffered from insanity. The replies all came in the negative. Muhammad then said, “had you kept it a secret, it would have been better for you.” Muhammad then ordered Ma’iz to be stoned to death. During the stoning, Ma’iz cried out, “O people, take me back to the Holy Prophet, the people of my clan deluded me.” When this was reported to Muhammad, he replied “Why did you not let him off, he might have repented, and Allah may have accepted it.” It is reported that the woman in the above case was not punished.[6]](Zina - Wikipedia)
This makes Ghamidi believe that it was a case of rape and Ma’iz was given the punishment of hirabah and not adultery.[7]](Zina - Wikipedia)[3]](Zina - Wikipedia) In all traditions, stoning only occurred after one of the adulterers voluntarily came to Muhammad and bore witness against him or herself.
well Ghamidi has a valid point there unless you have better:
According to his views Holy Quran has made a decision on the punishent of zina which is:
“The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication,- flog each of them with a hundred stripes: Let not compassion move you in their case, in a matter prescribed by Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day: and let a party of the Believers witness their punishment."
Qur'an 24:2
Again he also says that Ahadith mentioned need to be looked deeply with their context. For example he clearly says in example that stone to death punishment was made as that was the case of rape.
Personally I guess we need to have more information on subject matter. i.e Quran is clear on its verdict however Ahadith needs more explanation about the history of subject etc.
d-tox..ed i think a bit incorrect translation is confusing you. It is 'Zaniyah' and 'Zani' and as per my digital Quraan this verse 24:2 is translated as " The** fornicatress** and the fornicator, flog each of them with a hundred stripes. Let not pity withhold you in their case, in a punishment prescribed by Allah, if you believe in Allahand the last day. And let a party of the believers witness their punishment.
Still some one plz give a link of online quraanic dictionary so that we can understand it in a more better way.
Anyways i think for more understanding we can go for 'Tafseer Ibn Katheer' instead of Ghamidi. Frankly speaking i heard this name Ghamidi for the first time on GS in a thread named'music is not haram' and i think it was started by deser bird. Mostly this fatwa was from Ghamidi only.
Anyways inshallah verysoon i will give you one more hadith of Umar (r.a) which speaks about the punishment of stoning.
But if a person doesn't disclose it to anyone and pray to Allah (swt) for forgiveness then Allah Almighty is all forgiving. BUT he should be determined of not committing that crime again.
Even if he has committed it many times and repented it, still according to hadiths he should not lose hope. Allah (swt) forgives, but he should pray to Allah (swt) for strength to be able to protect himself in future