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  • When it is desirable for a Zaani to confess his guilt to the ruler

    Assalamu alaykum. May Allah reward the people working on this website with goodness. I am confused. :( I've read answers from this websites about zina. In 1 place on this website (Fatwa No : 81620) I found this; " Imaam Ibn Hajar said, “Covering oneself is desirable but going before the ruler to purify oneself by implementing the prescribed.. More

  • Hadd of a slave woman who commits Zina

    Assalamu alaikum. Verse 24:2 is punishment for fornication. Now Verse 4:24,25 says punishment for married slave girl is Half of that.So based on these 2 Verses some people say this is punishment for both married and non married women.They say if above Verse 24:2 meant only non married women and Hadees says for married women punishment is throwing.. More

  • A non-Muslim man raping a Muslim married woman in a non-Muslim country

    Assalam alaikum warahmatullahi wa barakatuh.Please give the islamic ruling on the crime of rape. the offender is non muslim and the offended one is a married muslimah. The country and placed where the crime is committed is not a muslim country. I am praying to Allah ta'ala that you will give an answer on this question. Jazza kallah khairan sallam abdullah.. More

  • The Islamic corporal punishments are mercy for societies

    Hello friend, I find you website very interesting,but I am sorry that I am not a muslim. When you sentence a crimminal to death,I see you carry out a public beheading.Would not hanging be the best way, as we used to do this here in Britain some years ago. Do you still stone a crimminal to death? Peace to you,friend. Raymond... More

  • Needs clarification regarding flogging and stoning

    The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, ordered some people to be stoned having confessed to committing Zina, and the Ayah in Surah An-Nur confirms flogging. Please which came first, the stoning before the revelation of the ayah of flogging or the prophet ordered stoning after the Ayah was revealed. .. More

  • Requesting Hadith regarding stoning

    I read a Hadith attributed to Caliph Umar bin Kathaab saying that there was an Ayah of the Qur'an where Allaah Commanded 'Rajma' i.e. stoning. He said that they all read and memorized the verse. I have searched the entire Qur'an but could not find it; I only saw the one about flogging. Could you please help me confirm this statement and interpret.. More

  • Ruling about a woman claiming that she was raped

    In your reply to the question about the punishment for rape, you said that "As regards raping a woman it does not necessitate punishment on the man except if he admits it himself or is proven with four witnesses. The woman cannot be punished as well if she claims that she was raped. So it is not correct as you mentioned in your question to.. More

  • Witnesses needed to validate a woman's claim to being raped

    Concerning if a woman is raped, since four witnesses are required to validate that she is not lying well, give me a break. If the woman can't produce four witnesses to say she was raped, then she has no hope in the world of getting justice. .. More

  • The Punishment of an Adulteress

    What is the right way to punish the adulteress?Is stoning to death an order in the Quran or in Sharia?Stoning to death ia a law of Judaism, does it still apply in Islam?Is the man involved is to be punished too or just the woman?I will appreciate an early answer, due to the Nigerian sister's contraversial issue of adultery. .. More

  • Punishment for adultery in Islam

    Regarding the Hudood punishment of stoning a married person guilty of adultery, in Saheeh Muslim we found some instances of this punishment. Is it Islamic?.. More

  • Witnessing of illicit sex acts

    I read that for proving a case of fornication or adultery, at least four witnesses should have seen the very act of sexual intercourse. Is it true? Is that practically possible for 4 people to watch the sexual intercourse? Is the stoning to death still practiced in Saudi Arabia? .. More

  • Ruling on Zina in Islam

    My question is: In Islamic justice a woman having a baby out of marriage has to be stoned to death, this is what happened in Nigeria. Now as we know, Allah is Merciful and forgives His creatures if they repent. Isn't it possible for that woman to ask for forgiveness? And if that innocent baby she gave birth to have no other parents, will that lady be.. More

  • Punishment for Divorced Woman Who Became Pregnant by Zina

    A divorced woman committed adultery, and became pregnant afterwards. What is the punishment for her by Islamic law code? .. More

  • Quranic Verse on Stoning Adulterers

    Where can I find in the Holy Qur'an the verse that states stoning (stoning a married man/woman if they commit adultery (Zina)? .. More

  • Definition of Zina

    What is the real definition of Zina? Is oral sex considered Zina? (One of my friends got involved in it) and wants to know. .. More