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Warning Against Adultery And Fornication - By Shaykh Ashraf Salah
Warning Against Adultery And
Fornication
By Shaykh Ashraf Salah
Dear Muslims: The religion of Islam was revealed complete in order to perfect
Allah’s blessings on mankind, and guarantee the highest form of grace and
kindness. It orders that conditions be improved, and that people be generous.
It warns against useless and time-wasting speech and actions. It brought all
that can beautify the slave of Allah, and decorate him, and all that can
distance him from anything that may defile him and disgrace him.
The Prophet (PBUH) said, “Allah is generous
and gracious, and he loves the generous, gracious people, and He loves the ones
who strive to better the state of affairs and He hates useless and time-wasting
speech and actions.” (At-Tabarani).
Dear Brothers And Sisters In Islam: One of Islam’s greatest goals is to establish the abstention from
what is forbidden, create virtuousness, purity and to implant good-doing and
charity in the community, and the distancing from vice and indecency. And from
here Islam has been careful to distance people from their animalistic desires
and Satanic manners.
Allah (SWT) says, “And let those who find
not the financial means for marriage keep themselves chaste until Allah
enriches them of His Bounty.” (An-Noor:
33). Ibn Abbaas narrated in his account of Abu Sufyan and Qaesar, “Abu Sufyan
said, ‘And he orders us to worship Allah without associating any partners with
Him and forbids us from worshipping that which our forefathers worshipped, and
he orders us to perform prayers, give charity, be chaste, keep our promises,
and to return trusts to their rightful owners.” (Bukhari & Muslim).
At-Tirmidhi relates that the prophet said, “The first three to enter paradise
were shown to me: A martyr, a chaste person, and a slave who perfected his
worship of Allah and remained faithful to his master.”
The chastity of Islam is what restrains the
human behaviour from deteriorating into the following of despicable desires. It
looks after one’s interests, curbs one’s desires and prevents one from slipping
into error and lack of discipline. This chastity finds expression in human
decency and there appears in it purity, and human virtue. This chastity is related
to the achievement of manhood and authority. At the time one’s spirit is
strengthened by performing good deeds, good personal manners, good habits,
leaving behind the filth and immorality, tolerating its observance in keeping
up good habits, and leaving the degrading and despicable.
Dear
Muslims: Islam concentrates on the foundation of chastity to protect honour
and majesty. At that time the human will remain strong-willed, and courageous.
So don’t yield to your desire, and don’t obey it.
Guarding chastity from immorality is one
thing that can purify the soul, bring peace to nations, and maintain security.
Allah (SWT) says, “Tell the believing men to lower their gaze, and protect
their private parts. That is purer for them. Verily, Allah is All-Aware of what
they do. And tell the believing women to lower their gaze, and protect their
private parts.” (An-Noor: 30).
Allah (SWT) praised those who guard their
chastity, and made that a sign of supreme success. Allah says, “Successful
indeed are the believers. Those who offer their prayers in al solemnity and
full submissiveness. And those who turn away from Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil
vain talk, falsehood, and all that Allah has forbidden). And those who pay the
Zakaat. And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts, from illegal
sexual acts.)” (Al-Mu’minoon: 1).
The
Prophet (PBUH) said, “Whoever guarantees for me (that) what is between his legs
and what is between his two beards (i.e. between the left and right sides of
his beards: meaning his mouth)[i.e. will perform no act of indiscretion]. I
guarantee for him paradise.” (Bukharie). He also said, “If a woman prays five
times daily, and fasts her month (of Ramadaan), and guards her chastity, and
obeys her husband, it will be said to her, ‘Enter Paradise by any door you
like.’”
Dear Muslims: The greatest thing that destroys this guard of chastity is
fornication, so it is one of the biggest sins and greatest transgressions.
And Allah (SWT) warned against fornication
and described its awful description and it’s
result of utter destruction, He says, “And those who invoke not any
other god along with Allah, nor kill such person as Allah has forbidden, except
for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse – and whoever does this
shall receive the punishment. The torment will be doubled to him on the Day of
Resurrection, and he will abide there in disgrace. Except those who repent and
believe (in Islamic Monotheism), and do righteous deeds…” (Al-Furqan: 68). He (SWT) also says, “And
come not near to the unlawful sexual intercourse. Verily, it is a transgression
of Allah’s limits, and an evil way.”
(Al-Israa’: 32).
Fornication is incompatible with the
characteristics of the faithful believer and repulsive to the pious and the
God-fearing. Allah (SWT) says, “The adulterer marries not but an adulteress or
a Mushrikah (polytheist woman) and the adulteress none marries her except an
adulterer or a Mushrik (polytheist man). Such a thing is forbidden to the
believers.” (An-Noor: 3).
Dear Muslims: Fornication is usually associated with the performance of other
acts of disobedience to Allah and it guarantees all forms of harm. By way of
fornication, mortal diseases become prevalent in the community, and different
kinds of afflictions and trials appear, and the good god-fearing family is
non-existent, blessings become scarce, not to mention the estrangement and
enmity between human beings, the spread of multifarious diseases.
Listen, then, to the light of the Prophet
Muhammad’s revelation; it speaks about these evil effects and warns against
these dangers and evils. The Prophet said, “My nation will remain well as long
as there is not a prevalence of children born out of wedlock, and if there is
such a prevalence they will be on the point of receiving Allah’s punishment.”
(Ahmad).
May Allah (SWT) bless, guide and forgive us
all (Ameen).
