Ba ya da muhimmanci ko kai mai addini ne ko ba haka ba, ko kana imani da Allah ko ba ka yi ba. Babu abin da ake kira "jima'i mai aminci" idan ba ku yi aure ba. Idan babu takarda tsakanin ku da duk wanda kuke kwana da shi, kuna hannun wannan mutum, kuma babu abin da mutane da yawa za su iya yi don taimaka muku idan wani abu ya faru, ko da gangan ne, ko da kuskure, ko da mugunta. Wannan al'amari ne na rai da mutuwa a ma'ana ta zahiri, ko kana magana ne game da yiwuwar samar da rai, watau ɗan Adam, ko kamuwa da cututtuka masu barazana ga rai, ko kuma duk wata cutarwa ta hankali, ta jiki, ko ta jima'i, ko kuma duka tare.

It doesn’t matter if you are religious or not, or if you believe in God or not. There is no such thing as “safe sex” if you are not married. If there is no paper involved between you and whoever you are sleeping with, you are at the mercy of that person and there is very little anyone can do to help you if something happens, be it accidental, deliberate, or malicious. This is a matter of life and death in the most literal sense, whether you are talking about the potential to create life, i.e., a human being, or the contraction of life threatening diseases, or any other kind of possible emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, or all of the above.

Wannan ya kasance ilimi da kowa ya sani. Wannan ya kasance hankali na kowa. Amma yanzu, kawai nuna wannan yana sa ka zama mai tsattsauran ra'ayin addini wanda ya kashe hankalinsa kuma bai fahimci haƙƙin ɗan adam da darajar 'yancin jima'i ba, da sauran maganganu irin waɗannan. Har wane mataki ne makanta? Shin wannan yana da wuya haka ga mutane su fahimta?

This used to be common knowledge. This used to be common sense. But now, just pointing this out means you’re a religious fundamentalist who has turned off his brain and doesn’t understand human rights and the value of sexual autonomy, and blah blah blah. How blind can you be? Is this really so hard for people to understand?

Kamar yadda Musulmai suke, mu kan bi dokokin Musulunci idan ana maganar kamewa kafin aure da aure da sauransu, da farko dai saboda muna ji tare da yin biyayya ga Mahaliccinmu. Babu shakka a kan haka. Amma idan muka lura da bayyananniyar amfani da hikima da ke cikin umarninsa, muka kuma nuna hakan a cikin duniyarmu mai rikici da rudani, shin hakan yana nufin mu “masu hankali ne” (rationalists), muna neman farfado da falsafar Mu`tazila, da sauransu? Ba sai ka zama masanin tauhidi mai tsatsauran ra'ayin hankali ba kafin ka nuna wautar da ke faruwa a nan.

As Muslims, yes, we abide by Islamic law when it comes to pre-marital abstinence and marriage, etc., first and foremost because we hear and obey our Creator. No doubt about it. But when we recognize the clear benefit and wisdom in His commands and make note of that in our crazy, topsy turvy world, does that mean we are “rationalists,” trying to revive mu`tazili philosophy, etc.? You don’t have to be a hardcore theological rationalist to point out the stupidity at play here.