Stopping Before Fornication
It’s absolutely alright brother. I also clarified the matter so that no misunderstanding take place.
What i understand from 7:32 – 33 is that no act can be a sin unless it has resulted in any kind of injustice. Therefore no act of “sadde zaria” that may eventually lead to an injustice is a sin until an injustice is done to someone. Fornication like any other sin is forgivable by repentance. If someone fears God he would use his common sense not to do things that may result in harm to someone just like i stop at yellow light before it’s too late to prevent jumping a red light. In the court of law my excuse that it was too late to stop wont be accepted as I ignored the yellow light. Similarly, if someone makes an excuse that his mind in bed was not working for his crime, it won’t be accepted as he ignored all the precautions that led him to a state where he lost control over his mind and ended up committing the crime.
As soon as the person seeks forgiveness after realization, then it falls within the first case. The third case deals with a situation where person postponed repentance despite realizing he did a mistake, but did eventually repent somewhere in the middle. In this scenario, it is only fair that his forgiveness should be based on his attitude and future deeds and to be decided on the day of judgement after consideration of his later deeds and overall behavior.