CONCEPT OF ADULTERY IN ISLAM AND ITS PUNISHMENT

May Allah bless you more, sis Martha�ameen!

We are your sisters in Islam and we love you for the sake of Allah ..

This is just my belief, but whenever a hadith contradicts the Quran, I go with what the Quran says.  Hadith is not as accurate or reliable as the Quran.  Now, if there is a verse in the Quran specifically mentioning stoning as a punishment for this crime then I could agree to it.  As of now, the only verse I have seen is one prescribing 100 lashes.

The door of repentance will remain open until the sun rises from the west , so whoever repents sincerely to Allah Almighty, fulifilling all of the conditions of repentance, Allah Almighty forgives him.her. But sincere repentance has conditions:-

1.  He/She must refrain from the sin

2.  He/She must feel remorse for having perpetrated that sin

3.  He/she must make a firm decision never return to that sin, fearing Allah�s punishment, seeking His forgiveness and glorifying His Mightiness.

�O you who believe! Turn to All�h with sincere repentance!....� Quran 66:8

�Say: "O 'Ib�d� (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of All�h, verily All�h forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.� Quran 39:53

Bu it your sin involves a right of human being, then you must return to them their rights, whether it is wealth or something else; otherwise, you must seek their pardon/forgiveness. The prophet had said:

�Whoever wronged his brother regarding his honor or something else, let him seek his pardon today, before (a time will come when) there will neither be Dinar nor Dirham. If the one transgressed has any good deeds, the person who was wronged will take from them according to the wrong that was done to him. If the transgressor does not have any good deeds, he will take the sins of the person he wronged, and the burden of the sins will be heaped upon him� Sahih Bukhari No. 2449

A Muslim should wary of not only shirk and what leads to shirk, but also of all sins, for he knows not for certain whether he will be guided to repent, nor whether he will be given the opportunity to repent. He must not complacent with shaytan with the intention that he will repent after he has sinned. No doubt that such attitude is one of Shaytan�s tricks, which he uses to snare people, to temp them.

�Recite (O Muhammad) what has been revealed to you of the Book (the Qur'�n), and perform As-Sal�t (Iqam�t�as�Sal�t). Verily, As-Sal�t (the prayer) prevents from Al-Fahsh�' (i.e. great sins of every kind, unlawful sexual intercourse, etc.) and Al-Munkar (i.e. disbelief, polytheism, and every kind of evil wicked deed, etc.) and the remembering (praising, etc.) of (you by) All�h (in front of the angels) is greater indeed [than your remembering (praising, etc.) All�h in prayers, etc.]. And All�h knows what you do.� Quran 29:45

We repent sincerely and honestly and coupled it with righteous deeds to woo the forgiveness of Allah, for Only Allah can see what is in our heart and Only Him can judge us. The only key to Jannah is His Mercy so we must please Him as much as we can and adhere to what He commanded us and abstain from what He forbade us..for us to be victorious in the world and in the Hereafter�ameen.

2000-FEB: United Arab Emirates: Kartini binti Karim, (a.k.a. Ms. Karteen Karikanderan), an unmarried citizen of Indonesia, was working as a housemaid in the United Arab Emirates when her pregnancy was detected. She and a man -- a citizen of India -- were charged with adultery. She was convicted; he fled the country before he could be arrested. She was placed on trial without a lawyer or a translator, "...alone and equipped with barely any word of the local language," . She was not told that she had a right to communicate with her embassy. Her embassy was not informed in advance of the trial. Under the UAE's form of Sharia, she was sentenced to death by stoning. The Indonesian government hired a lawyer and translator to appeal her case.