Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Users
Skins
  • Light
  • Brite
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse
Free Minds Forum Icon
  1. Home
  2. General Issues / Questions
  3. Questions/Comments on the Quran
  4. Does Quran prohibit ?

Does Quran prohibit ?

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Questions/Comments on the Quran
182 Posts 14 Posters 7.4k Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • S Offline
    S Offline
    Samia
    wrote on last edited by
    #98

    Zina is a fahish act. The fahish act I am committing is Zina. I am committing Zina which is a fahish act. I am committing a fahish act which is Zina.

    Salaam Sharp001

    The problem is that the verse does not say if they commit an act of fahisha, which is zina, ...

    The proper example would be

    1. I am eating an orange therefore I am eating a fruit.
    2. He is eating a fruit therefore he is eating an orange

    Can we deduce that both statements are valid?

    1 Reply Last reply
    0
    • S Offline
      S Offline
      Sharp001
      wrote on last edited by
      #99

      Salaam Sharp001

      The problem is that the verse does not say if they commit an act of fahisha, which is zina, ...

      Sister Samia,

      I assume that the verse you are referring to above is 242. Does the verse really need to re-iterate that Zina is act of fahisha, when, as you said, verse 1732 already establishes that fact?

      The proper example would be

      1. I am eating an orange therefore I am eating a fruit.
      2. He is eating a fruit therefore he is eating an orange

      Can we deduce that both statements are valid?

      The second assertion is obviously wrong. I hope that you are implying that the first one is the correct statement, because if that is the case, then applying the "replacement" that I mentioned in the previous post, would result in the following

      Before replacement I am eating an orange therefore I am eating a fruit.
      After replacement I am committing Zina therefore I am commiting a fahish act.

      In summary, Every act of Zina is a fahish act, but every fahish act is not an act of Zina.

      ... or did I not get your question?

      Peace

      1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • S Offline
        S Offline
        Samia
        wrote on last edited by
        #100

        Before replacement I am eating an orange therefore I am eating a fruit.
        After replacement I am committing Zina therefore I am commiting a fahish act.

        In summary, Every act of Zina is a fahish act, but every fahish act is not an act of Zina.

        ... or did I not get your question?

        Peace

        Your reply is the correct one.
        Applying it to your sentences will be

        Before replacement I am eating an fruit probably not orange.
        After replacement I am committing fahisha probably not zina

        We are in a greement that zina is Fahisha. But fahisha is not necessarily zina.

        1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • S Offline
          S Offline
          Sharp001
          wrote on last edited by
          #101

          Your reply is the correct one.
          Applying it to your sentences will be

          Before replacement I am eating an fruit probably not orange.
          After replacement I am committing fahisha probably not zina

          We are in agreement that zina is Fahisha. But fahisha is not necessarily zina.

          Sister Samia,

          Thank you for putting my mind somewhat at ease. Now for the punishments, will the same line of reasoning apply for the punishments?

          Punishment for Zina 100 lashes
          Punishment for Fahisha Life-time confinement.

          Zina is Fahisha 100 lashes + Life-time confinement
          Fahisha, which is not Zina Life-time confinement

          Are the above assertions correct as well, in light of the previously agreed assertions?

          Just a Yes or No will do. If it's a 'No', then we are back to square one, and it will be fruitless (no pun intended) to continue onwards with this discussion, unless you want to shed some light on Hasan's (brook) assertions above.

          Peace

          1 Reply Last reply
          0
          • U Offline
            U Offline
            unknownuser
            wrote on last edited by
            #102

            NO. Period. Unless, the "until Allah makes for them a way out" is related to "a mushrik/zani marries a mushrik/zani", and hence they escape by marrying another adulterer (I can see some wisdom in that).

            There are two or more possible scenarios as far as I see here.

            One - Zina is specific

            For instance, I have a cookbook. It says "take any fruit you like, and cook it." However, 5 steps before that, it says "if you are using an orange, slice it into halves and peel it". Does that mean I boil the orange after doing such and such? No.

            An orange is a fruit, but nobody cooks it within reason. However, we have cooked apples and bananas.

            Two - Zina is a fahish act and takes both punishments

            So, we have these adulterers lashed for their crime then imprisoned for life. They either die, or have a way made out for them by God or repent and are released. The way made out would thus be a marriage with a fellow adulterer, even the person they did it with.

            In addition, scenario three

            415 and 416 refer specifically to homosexuality as indicated by the dual in 416, and life imprisonment but not 100 lashes is incumbent upon them.

            1 Reply Last reply
            0
            • S Offline
              S Offline
              Sharp001
              wrote on last edited by
              #103

              Brother OPF,

              Thanks for your input. Strangely, I was a little relieved when you said "No. Period" and effectively shut any further doors for discussion for me. But then you added "unless" and followed that up with 3 possibilities that you see, which means, in your eyes any one of them could be right, but only 1 of them has to be right, unless all of them are wrong.

              Possibility 1 I apologize before hand if I am replying out of context to the possiblity that you meant to communicate, but I find it really unfair to compare the Book, which claims to have verses that complement and explain each other, with a cook book, which has different and unrelated recipes for food on each page, sometimes more than one unrelated recipes on the same page. I am sorry but I am unable to relate to this possibility.

              Possibility 2 This is the possibility that I am alluding to. So you believe that my understanding might be the right one?

              Possibility 3 I have put that question to myself as well as sister Samia, but haven't reached any conclusions about it as yet. Let's see what happens.

              Peace

              1 Reply Last reply
              0
              • S Offline
                S Offline
                Samia
                wrote on last edited by
                #104

                ...so unless we arrive to the understanding of the meaning of verses 415-16, we will not know

                the exact "fahisha" other than "zina" which is punishable
                what exactly is its the punishment
                why there are two different punishments to the same fahisha
                or perhaps the fahisha in verse 15 is different from that of verse 16

                Until then, all we can be satisfied with (its understanding) is the punishment by 100 lashes for zina on both parties evidenced by 4 sound witnesses.

                1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • U Offline
                  U Offline
                  unknownuser
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #105

                  I believe it deals with homosexuality, as I said earlier, the verses are entirely complementary to each other. Look at 242, where it mentions a man and a woman (2 people) and likewise, in 416, 2 males.

                  1 Reply Last reply
                  0
                  • S Offline
                    S Offline
                    Samia
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #106

                    I believe it deals with homosexuality, as I said earlier, the verses are entirely complementary to each other. Look at 242, where it mentions a man and a woman (2 people) and likewise, in 416, 2 males.

                    and what's verse 415 about?

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    0
                    • S Offline
                      S Offline
                      Sharp001
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #107

                      Sister Samia,

                      Yup, like I said, back to square one. Br. OPF's understanding of the word, "Al-Fahasha" is the same

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      0
                      • U Offline
                        U Offline
                        unknownuser
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #108

                        and what's verse 415 about?

                        Same.

                        Take into consideration the biological differences and how they relate

                        1 Reply Last reply
                        0
                        • S Offline
                          S Offline
                          Samia
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #109

                          Sister Samia,

                          Yup, like I said, back to square one. Br. OPF's understanding of the word, "Al-Fahasha" is the same

                          Same as what?

                          Same.

                          Take into consideration the biological differences and how they relate

                          You mean about lesbianism? Then why is the punishment different (based on gender), and even more severe for lesbians?

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          0
                          • S Offline
                            S Offline
                            Sharp001
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #110

                            Sister Samia,

                            I am sorry but I am unable to post correctly for some reason. I meant to say same as Hasan's above.

                            Peace

                            1 Reply Last reply
                            0
                            • U Offline
                              U Offline
                              unknownuser
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #111

                              Same as what?

                              You mean about lesbianism? Then why is the punishment different (based on gender), and even more severe for lesbians?

                              Where's the "even more severe punishment"? I only see one punishment in those 2 verses.

                              1 Reply Last reply
                              0
                              • S Offline
                                S Offline
                                Samia
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #112

                                Where's the "even more severe punishment"? I only see one punishment in those 2 verses.

                                Which is?

                                1 Reply Last reply
                                0
                                • U Offline
                                  U Offline
                                  unknownuser
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #113

                                  Life imprisonment?

                                  1 Reply Last reply
                                  0
                                  • S Offline
                                    S Offline
                                    Sharp001
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #114

                                    Sorry to intrude, but where can I find the meaning of the first two words of verse 415 & 416?

                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                    0
                                    • S Offline
                                      S Offline
                                      Samia
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #115

                                      Life imprisonment?

                                      This one is for women, 15, more like house arrest.
                                      16 speaks of "aathuuhuma punishing/hurting" but nothing specific.
                                      If it was the same punishment, why not just put them in the same verse as that of "zina"?

                                      I also wonder if it is the same crime Why does the first verse speak of women in the plural and the second of men in the dual?

                                      1 Reply Last reply
                                      0
                                      • S Offline
                                        S Offline
                                        Samia
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #116

                                        Sorry to intrude, but where can I find the meaning of the first two words of verse 415 & 416?

                                        I don't know where you can find it; but here is the meaning
                                        415 and those (feminine plural)
                                        416 and the two (masculine dual)

                                        1 Reply Last reply
                                        0
                                        • S Offline
                                          S Offline
                                          Sharp001
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #117

                                          I don't know where you can find it; but here is the meaning
                                          415 and those (feminine plural)
                                          416 and the two (masculine dual)

                                          Pardon me, Sister Samia, but what is a "masculine dual"? Because this is the only instance in the book where this word is used. What is the root word for it?

                                          Peace

                                          1 Reply Last reply
                                          0
                                          Reply
                                          • Reply as topic
                                          Log in to reply
                                          • Oldest to Newest
                                          • Newest to Oldest
                                          • Most Votes


                                          • Login

                                          • Don't have an account? Register

                                          • Login or register to search.
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          0
                                          • Categories
                                          • Recent
                                          • Users