قال الله تعالى: {وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنَىٰ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَسَاءَ سَبِيلًا} (الإسراء: 32)

Allah, the Almighty, says, {Nor come nigh to adultery: for it is an indecent (deed) and an evil way.} (Al-Isra': 32)

ويقول القرآن الكريم أيضاً: {وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا * يُضَاعَفْ لَهُ الْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيهِ مُهَانًا} (الفرقان: 68-70)

The Qur'an also states, {Those who invoke not, with Allah, any other god, Nor slay such life as Allah has made sacred, except for just cause, nor commit fornication,' -and any that does this (not only) meets punishment. (But) the chastisement on the Day of Judgment will be doubled to him, and he will dwell therein in ignominy.} (Al-Furqan: 68-70)

قال الله تعالى: {الزَّانِيَةُ وَالزَّانِي فَاجْلِدُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا مِائَةَ جَلْدَةٍ ۖ وَلَا تَأْخُذْكُم بِهِمَا رَأْفَةٌ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ}

Allah, the Most High, says, {The woman and the man guilty of 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:

وَلْيَشْهَدْ عَذَابَهُمَا طَائِفَةٌ مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

And let a party of the believers witness their punishment.” (An-Nur: 2)

العقوبة المذكورة في الآية الأخيرة تخصّ الزناة غير المحصنين في الدنيا فقط، كما قرّر ذلك العلماء. أما الزناة المحصنون (ولو سبق لهم الزواج) فيجب رجمهم حتى الموت، كما قرّر ذلك النبي ﷺ. وأما إن نجوا من العقوبة الدنيوية ومات أحدهم دون أن يتوب، فإنهم يُعذَّبون في نار جهنم بسياط من نار.

The punishment mentioned in the last verse concerns only single fornicators in the world as argued by the scholars. In case of married adulterers (even if they experienced marriage before) they must be stoned until death as postulated by the Prophet (pbuh). But if they escaped the worldly punishment and died without making repentance, they will be tortured in the Hell-Fire with lashes of Fire.

ورد في المزامير أن الزناة يُعلَّقون من أعضائهم التناسلية في نار جهنم، ويُجلَدون عليها بسياط من حديد. فإذا صرخوا من الألم، خاطبتهم ملائكة العذاب: «أين كان هذا الصراخ غير مسموع من قبل؟ إنكم لم تكونوا إلا تضحكون وتلعبون، ولم تكونوا تذكرون الله، ولا تستحيون منه.» وقد قال النبي ﷺ: «لا يزني الزاني حين يزني وهو مؤمن». [1]

In Psalms, it is narrated that Adulterers will be hanged from their genitals in the hell-Fire, on which they will be scourged with slashes of iron. If they cry out of pain, the angels of punishment will address them, "Where was this cry inaudible before? You just used to laugh, play and did not keep the thought of Allah, nor were you shy from Him." The following hadith was stated by the Prophet (pbuh), "An adulterer is not a believer at the time of committing adultery.” 1

قال النبي ﷺ: «إذا زنى الرجل خرج منه الإيمان فكان فوق رأسه كالظلة، فإذا خرج من ذلك الفعل رجع إليه الإيمان». 2

The Prophet (pbuh) said, "When someone fell in adultery, faith leaves his heart and overshadows him but if he extricates himself; his faith will, be restored again.” 2

روي أن رسول الله ﷺ قال: «من زنى أو شرب الخمر نزع الله منه الإيمان كما يخلع الرجل القميص من رأسه». [1]

It was related that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, "Whoever fornicates or drinks wine, Allah takes off his faith from him as a man takes a shirt off over his head.” 1

ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى، وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ، وَلَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ: شَيْخٌ زَانٍ، وَمَلِكٌ كَذَّابٌ، وَعَائِلٌ مُسْتَكْبِرٌ.» 2

"There are three people to whom Allah, the Most High will not talk, nor will He absolve them of sins nor look at them: an aged person guilty of adultery, a king who lies and a poor beggar who is proud.” 2

عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: "سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ: أَيُّ الذَّنْبِ أَعْظَمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَ... وَأَنْ تَزْنِيَ بِحَلِيلَةِ جَارِكَ." وَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: {وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا * يُضَاعَفْ لَهُ الْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيهِ مُهَانًا} (الفرقان: 68-69)

On the authority of Ibn Mas'ud who said, "I asked the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), "What is the most grievous sin at the sight of Allah?" He said, "To associate others with Allah whereas He created you... and to commit adultery with your neighbor's wife.” Allah, the Almighty, said, {Those who invoke not, with Allah, any other god, nor slay such life as Allah has made sacred, except for just cause, nor commit fornication; -and any that does this (not only) meets punishment. (But) the chastisement on the Day of Judgment will be doubled to him, and he will dwell therein in ignomity.} (AL-Furqan: 68-69)

انظروا! كيف يرتبط الزنا بالجار، والشرك، وقتل النفس بغير حق ببعضها البعض.

Behold! How adultery with one's neighbor, polytheism and slaying the life of others except for just cause are associated with each other.

عن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال: قلتُ: يا رسولَ الله، أيُّ الذنبِ أعظمُ عند الله؟ قال: «أن تجعلَ لله نِدًّا وهو خلقك». قال: ثم أيٌّ؟ قال: «أن تقتلَ ولدَك خشيةَ أن يَطعمَ معك». قال: ثم أيٌّ؟ قال: «أن تُزانيَ حليلةَ جارك». ﷺ

Once, Ibn Mas'ud asked the Prophet (P.B.U.H) saying, "0 Messenger of Allah, what is the most heinous sin? The Prophet answered, "To hold that Allah has an equal, whereas He has created you. Further he asked what is next? The Prophet (P.B.U.H) said, "To kill child lest he feeds with you. He added, "What is next? The Prophet (P.B. U .H) said, "To commit adultery with your neighbor's wife.” 3

عند التعليق على قول الله تعالى: {لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَابٍ لِكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌ} (الحجر: 44)

When commenting on Allah's statement, {To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a special) class (of sinners) assigne.} (Al-Hijr: 44)

قال عطاء: «أشدّ أبواب جهنم وأبغضها إلى الله بابٌ يُخصّص للزناة الذين ارتكبوا هذه الجريمة بعد أن عُرِفت لهم عاقبتها».

Ata' said, "The most grievous and hated gate of Hell is that which is assigned for adulterers who committed such crime after they had been informed of its consequences.

قال مكحول الدمشقي: «إذا شمّ أهل النار رائحة منتنة قالوا: ما شممنا رائحة أنتن من هذه، فيُقال لهم: هذه رائحة فروج الزناة». وقال ابن زيد، أحد كبار المفسّرين: «هذه الرائحة تؤذي جميع أهل النار». ومن جملة الوصايا التي فرضها الله على موسى: «لا تسرق، ولا تقع في الزنا، حتى لا تحجب وجهي عنك». فإذا كان موسى هو المخاطَب، فما بال غيره؟

Makhul Ad-Dimashqi said, "When the people of the Hell-Fire smell a stinking odor they say, 'We have never smelt an odor more stinking than that, Then, they will be told that this is the odor of the adulterers' genitals. Ibn Zayd, one of great exegesists said, "This odor hurts all the people of the Hell-Fire. Of all commandments prescribed by Allah to Moses is the following, "Do not steal and do not fill into adultery so as not to screen My Face from you." Behold Moses is the addressee, what about the others.

روي أن النبي ﷺ قال: «إن إبليس يبعث جنوده في الأرض، فيقول لهم: من أغوى منكم مسلمًا أكلله (أتوجه) ... أعظمهم فتنةً أدناهم مني منزلة». فيجيء أحدهم فيقول: ما زلت أغويه حتى فارق امرأته، فيدنيه منه ويقول: نعم أنت. ويجيء الآخر فيقول: ما زلت أغويه حتى أوقعت بينه وبين أخيه العداوة والبغضاء، فيقول له: ما صنعت شيئًا، فإنه سيصالح أخاه. ويجيء آخر فيقول: ما زلت أغويه حتى زنى، فيقول إبليس: نعم، فيدنيه منه ويقول: نعم أنت، فيقربه ويتوجه.1

It was reported that the Prophet (pbuh) said, "Satan (Iblis) often sends his soldiers every where in the earth saying to them, 'Whoever diverts a Muslim I will crown him. The most skillful one in diverting people, the nearest to me. Meanwhile, a devil comes and says, "I kept tempting such and such until he divorced his wife.' Iblis says, 'You did nothing. He will marry another woman.' Another comes and says, 'I kept tempting such and such until I created a grudge between him and his brother’ Iblis says, 'You did nothing. He will reconcile with him.’ Eventually comes another devil who says, 'I kept tempting such and such until he fell in adultery.’ Iblis says, 'Great and well done. I Then he makes him nearer to him and crowns him.”1

نَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَجُنُودِهِ.

We seek Allah's refuge from the evils of Satan and his soldiers.

وَرَدَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: «الإِيمَانُ كَالثَّوْبِ يُلْبِسُهُ اللهُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ، فَإِنْ وَقَعَ فِي الزِّنَا نُزِعَ هَذَا الثَّوْبُ، وَإِنْ تَابَ أَعَادَهُ عَلَيْهِ».2

It was reported that on the authority of Anas that the Prophet (pbuh) said, "Faith is like a garment with which Allah covers whomever He likes. But if he falls in adultery, this garment will be taken off and if he repents He will restore it again.”2

قال النبي ﷺ أيضاً: «يا معشر المسلمين، احذروا الزنا، فإن له ست عقوبات: ثلاث في الدنيا، وثلاث في الآخرة. أما عقوبات الدنيا: فذهاب البهاء، وقصر العمر، ولزوم الفقر. وأما عقوبات الآخرة: فسخط الله، وسوء الحساب، والعذاب في النار».3

The Prophet (pbuh) also said, "0 Muslims, be aware of adultery. It entails six consequences: Three in this world and the others in the next. As for the worldly consequences, they are a pale face, short life and long poverty. The consequences in the Hereafter are: The wrath of Allah, a severe reckoning and torture in Fire.”3

قال رسول الله ﷺ: «مَن أدام شرب الخمر ثم مات، سقاه الله من نهر الغوطة، نهرٌ يجري من فروج المومسات». وفي النار صديدٌ يجري من فروج المومسات، يُسقاه كل من مات مدمنًا على شرب الخمر.

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, "Whoever persists in drinking wine and then dies, Allah will make him drink from the river of Ghuta, a river flows the genitals of the whores.”4 In the Fire there will be pus flowing from the whores' genitals that which will be offered to whoever dies persisting in drinking wine.

قال النبي ﷺ: «بعد الشرك، أشدّ ما يُعصى الله به: النطفة التي يضعها الرجل في رحم حرام».5

The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Next to polytheism (shirk), is the semen ejaculated by a man in an unlawful womb.”5

في النار وادٍ فيه حيّات، كل حيّة منها سمينة كعنق البعير.

"In the Hell-Fire there is a valley in which contains serpents. Each serpent is as fat as a camel's neck.

عندما يلدغ الذي لا يصلي، يكون سمّها يغلي في مسكنه سبعين عامًا، ثم يُقتلع لحمه. وهناك وادٍ يُسمّى بئر الحزن (المعاناة)، يحتوي على ثعابين وعقارب. كل عقرب كبير كالبغل، وله سبعون شوكة، وكل شوكة تنتهي بحافة سامة. ثم تلدغ الزاني وتنفث السم في جسده. ويعاني الزاني من هذا السم المؤلم ألف عام، ثم يُقتلع لحمه ويسيل القيح من عورته.6

When it stings the one who does not pray, it's poison boils in his abode for seventy years and then his flesh is torn out. There is also a valley called the well of Hazan (suffering) which contains serpents and scorpions. Each scorpion is as huge as a mule and has seventy spines. Each spine ends in a poisonous edge. Then, it strikes the adulterer and sprays poison in his body. The adulterer suffers from this painful poison for a thousand years. Then his flesh is torn out and pus flows from his genitals.”6

مَنْ زَنَى بِامْرَأَةٍ مُتَزَوِّجَةٍ، فَسَيُعَذَّبُ بِعَذَابٍ يُصِيبُ نِصْفَ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ فِي قَبْرِهِ. ثُمَّ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، يُعْطِي اللهُ زَوْجَهَا، الَّذِي لَا يَعْلَمُ (بِمَا تَفْعَلُ)، الحَقَّ فِي التَّصَرُّفِ فِي حَسَنَاتِهَا. أَمَّا إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ وَلَمْ يَفْعَلْ شَيْئًا، فَإِنَّهُ وَزَوْجَتَهُ يُحْرَمَانِ مِنَ الجَنَّةِ، فَإِنَّ عَلَى بَابِ الجَنَّةِ عِبَارَةً مَكْتُوبَةً: حَرَامٌ عَلَى الدَّيُّوثِ.7

"Whoever makes love with a married woman, they will suffer the torture which is supposed to afflict half of this nation in grave. Afterwards, on the Day of Judgment, Allah will give her husband, who does not know (what she does), the right to dispose her good deeds. But if he knows and does nothing, he and his wife will be deprived of Paradise as there is a statement on the door of Paradise which reads, unlawful for the pimp.”7

من لمس امرأةً لا تحلّ له، بدافع الشهوة، فإنه يُبعث يوم القيامة ويده مربوطةٌ إلى عنقه. وإن قبّلها، فإن شفتيه تُقرصان في النار. وإن وقع في الزنا، فإن فخذيه تشهدان عليه يوم القيامة قائلتين: "كذبتُ على ما لا يحلّ". ثم ينظر الله إليه غضبًا، فيتساقط لحم وجهه. فإن قال متكبّرًا: "ما فعلتُ ذلك قطّ"، شهد عليه لسانه قائلًا: "نطقتُ بكلامٍ محرّم". وتقول اليد: "لمستُ ما لا يحلّ". وتقول العينان: "نظرتُ إلى ما لا يحلّ". وتقول الرجلان: "مشيتُ إلى ما لا يحلّ". وأخيرًا يقول الفرج: "عملتُ". أما الملائكة الحافظون، فيقول أحدهم: "سمعتُ"، ويقول آخر: "كتبتُ". وأخيرًا يقول الله: "علمتُ، لكنّي سترتُه".1

"Whoever touches a woman, who is not lawful to him, because of lust, he will be resurrected with his hand tied to his neck on the Day of Judgment. In case of kissing, his lips will be nipped in the fire. Eventually, if he fell in adultery, his thighs will witness against him, on the Day of Judgment by saying, "I lied on an unlawful" Then, Allah looks to him out of wrath. Thus, his face's flesh fells down. If he arrogantly says, "I never did so" Then the tongue witnesses by saying, 'I produced an unlawful utterance.' The hand also says, 'I touched unlawful things.' The eyes says' I looked to the unlawful.' The legs say:' To the unlawful objects did I walk' Finally, the genital says, 'I applied. ' As for the guardian angels, he says, 'I heard, and another says,'I wrote' eventually, Allah says, "I knew but concealed him.”1

ثم يقول الله تعالى: «يا ملائكة! خذوه فعذّبوه، فإن غضبي شديد على من لم يستحِ مني». وهذا مبيّن في كتاب الله تعالى: {…}

Then, Allah says, "0 angels! Take him away to torture him. Severe is My wrath on those who are not shy from Me." This is shown in Allah's Book Exalted be He:

{يَوْمَ تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ} (النور: 24).2

{On the Day when their tongue, their hands, and their feet will bear witness against them as to their actions.} (AINur: 24).”2

أشدُّ أنواع الزنا فحشًا الزنا بالأم والأخت وزوجة الأب والمحارم.

The most grievous kind of adultery is incenstry with one's mother, sister, stepmother and unmarriageable relatives.

قال النبي ﷺ: «مَن وَقَعَ على ذاتِ مَحْرَمٍ فاقتُلوه» ﷺ3

The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Whoever falls into adultery with an unmarriageable relative, must be killed.”3

روى البراء: أن رسول الله ﷺ بعث عمَّه إلى رجل نكح امرأة أبيه، أن يقتله ويأخذ ماله خُمسًا.

AI-Barra' narrated that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) sent his uncle to a man who made love with his step mother to kill him and divide his wealth into five parts (like the spoils of war.)

فَنَسْأَلُ اللهَ الْكَرِيمَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا، فَإِنَّهُ الْجَوَادُ الْكَرِيمُ، الرَّءُوفُ الرَّحِيمُ.

Therefore, we ask Allah the Bounteous to forgive our sins for He is the Most Bounteous, the Most Kind.