EVIL CONSQUENCES OF FONICATION AND ADULTRY (ZINA) BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

IMAM YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

THE SUMMARY OF 157TH SERMON AT AREA 10 JUMA'AH MASJID ABUJA, BY  YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 9TH   FEB 2018/ 23RD J/AWWAL 1439AH

TOPIC: EVIL CONSQUENCES OF FONICATION AND ADULTRY (ZINA)

 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

To proceed; Respected brothers and sisters in Islam, today’s khutbah will discuss the topic: Evil consequences of fornication and adultery (Zinaa).

Islam as a religion is very much concern of establishing descent moral standard in individuals within the community, thus constituted many laws that promote chastity and regulate strong  sexual desires that assist to  control it; Islam  also encouraged remaining firm in your Iman and warned against transgressing the limits of shariah laws by all means.

Islam has preserved people’s dignity and protected families from being mixed. Therefore, fornication and adultery are forbidden and

classified as major and destructive sins.

 Islam has forbidden not only committing zina but everything that could lead to it , such as mixing of the opposite sexes, immoral exchange of looks between the two sexes, immoral words, seductive moves between a man and a woman or  being in seclusion in a room, office, car, phone, shop, online  and anything else which could lead to this awful sin. Allah (SWT) says: “And do not come close to unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as away”. Q17: 32

Some of the verses and ahadith on fornication and adultery (zinaa) includes:

1.     Zina (fornication and adultry) is one of the highly self-destructive major sins in Islam:

 Allah says: “ And those who do not invoke with Allah another deity or kill the soul which Allah has  forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse (zina) and whoever should do that will  meet a penalty. Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated-” . Q25:68-69.

  It was narrated by  IbnMas’ud who said, “I asked the Messenger of Allah (pbuh),“What is the most grievous sin in the sight of Allah?” He said, “To associate others with Allah while He created you… and to commit adultery with your neighbor’s wife.”

2.     Adulterer is one of the three people Allah [SWT] will not talk to in the day of resurrection: “There are three people to whom Allah, the Most High will not talk, nor will He forgive them of sins nor look at them: an aged person guilty of adultery, a king who lies and a poor beggar who is proud.” (Muslim)

3.       It leads to severe punishment in both here and hereafter.   Allah SWT says: "The un married woman and the un married man, found guilty of sexual intercourse -flog each of them with a hundred lashes. Let not pity withhold you in the religion of Allah if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a party of the believers witness their punishment.  [Quran, 24: 2]  The punishment mentioned in this verse concerns only single fornicators only. In case of married adulterers (even if they experienced marriage before) they must be stoned until death as carried out by the Prophet (SAW). But even if they escaped the worldly punishment and died without making repentance, they will never go free in the day of Qiyamah..

It was narrated from SamurahibnJundub in the long Hadith that the prophet (S.A.W)  said: “...I said to my two companions, ‘Subhanallah! Who are these two persons?’ They said, ‘Move on!’ So we went on, and came to something like a tannoor (a kind of oven, lined with clay, usually used for baking bread). We looked into it and saw naked men and women. A flame of fire was reaching them from underneath, and when it reached them, they cried out loudly.  I asked who are those o Gabriel he said: [The naked men and women whom you saw in a structure that resembled an oven]  they are adulterers and adulteresses”. Bukhari

4.     An adulterer is not a believer while committing adultery:  The following hadith was stated by the Prophet (SAW),“An adulterer is not a believer at the time of committing adultery.” (Bukhari and Muslim)

EVIL CONSEQUENCES OF FORNICATION AND ADULTERY (ZINA):

There are bad personal, religious, social, economic, and health consequences of zina such as: Poverty, constant humiliation and disgrace Darkness of face,that would be obvious to people, darkness of the heart, HIV /STDs, punishment, becoming insignificant in the eyes of people and in the sight of Allah SWT.Ibn Al-Qayyimmay  Allah  have  mercy  on  him said, “Fornication and adultery combine all evils; weakness in commitment to the religion, [as we can see] lack of piety, destruction of mind men and women  and the decrease of praiseworthy jealousy. You will never find an adulterer or fornicator who is pious, fulfills his promises, truthful in his speech, maintains friendship or has protective jealous over his wife; he will be characterized by lies, deception, betrayal, devil- agents and not being mindful of Allah."

There are also other consequences such as:

• Inviting the wrath of Allah The Almighty.

• Corruption of one's wife and children.

• Poverty and gloominess of the face, which will be apparent to people.

• Darkness of the heart.

• Loss of the characteristics of chastity and righteousness and becoming known as a sinful, betraying adulterer or fornicator.

• Not being classified as a believer in general.

• Being condemned as an evil person.

All these are consequences of zinaa.

FACTORS LIABLE OF ZINA

There are a number of factors responsible of committing zina, some are internal while others are external factors.

INTERNAL FACTORS

1.     Weakness in iman.

2.     Lack of piety (taqwa).

3.     Heart Disease.

4.     Indulging in one or more devil traps through once 5 sense organs; especially eyes, ears, hand, tongue, etc.

5.     Worldly material inclination

EXTENAL FACTORS

1.     Shaitan (Devil)

2.     Indecent dressing of matured ladies.

3.     Environment( offices, campus, parks etc)

4.     Bad friends

5.     Smart phones abuse

6.     Misuse of Social Media

7.     Inadequate Government support to eradicate sex hawkers on our streets.

SOLUTION/REMEDIES

1. Getting married/fasting: marriage is the sharia (legal islamic law) and natural protection for the muslim man and woman. the  hadith states “O young men, whoever among you can afford to get married, let him do so, and whoever cannot afford it, let him fast, for that will be a shield for him.” (Bukhari, 4778; Muslim, 1400)

2. Take an example from prophet Yusuf (AS) and how he was able to overcome temptations.

3. Muslims should strive to strengthen their Iman through zikr, reading Qur’an, offering prayers “Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing, and the remembrance of Allah is greater. And Allah knows that which you do”.Q:29:45

4. Government support in stopping prostitution and indecent dresses in public places.

5. Taking time to choose righteous friends and environment to live with. Allah says “And keep your self-patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance and let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect”.Q18:29

6.Avoid  online and offline temptations and  keeping away from anything that might stimulate desire such as looking at opposite sex with desire, talking, touching, shaking, kissing, hugging, watching sex pictures and movies all these are haram and you would be asked about each one of them.

7. Remember the punishments and evil consequences for zina in this world (100 strokes or stoning to death)  and in the hereafter (on ALLAH knows alone), and that is far prevail over the immediate five (5) minutes pleasure that one may experience.

8. One of the seven (7) people to be shade in the here- after is who resist temptation from a beautiful lady as confirmed by an authentic hadith.

8. Make Dua, get up in mid  nights pray and repents, submitting yourself to him and humbling yourself before His majesty asking Him to forgive you. He does not turn away His servants if they are sincere.

May Allah forgive me where I am wrong and guide us to the right path…Ameen.

Finally, we ask Allah the most high, to continue to guide and protect our Iman. May He [SWT] assist us and ease our tasks in this world and in the hereafter. O Allah grant us peace in our hearts,  peace in our homes, peace in our working places and eliminate bad habit, and evils deeds  in our country Nigeria. Ameen.

THANKS.      MA’A SALAM

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