Is Zina Adultery Or Fornication As Well? Reasoning For Prohibiting Fornication.
For those who may not read the entire thread, once again I am not condoning open lifestyle, it is a great sin in Islam. The conversation is for better understanding. Brother Fahad love to have a deep conversation with you: Analyzing Western societies where people are more open before marriage and less afterwards, it seems like there are much less issues with children, parenting, grandparents, etc., as compared to some conservative societies. These issues are the results of not just adultery but can be due to lack of education, economic conditions, moral values, religion, etc. What would happen to the children or family of adulterer and adulteress once they are married together? Once again prohibition on adultery seems to be Allah’s order, we are trying to justify through various benefits. Everything has benefits and drawbacks. I do not see a direct reference in Quran that adultery is prohibited to preserve family? I do not see how adultery is more addictive than a person who is exposed to the act through marriage? A married person is as inclined to having more than one partner. What stops a person is not marriage, it is culture, religion, laws, wealth, physical appearance, etc. All this also stops an adulterer as much. Also, please note adultery is a grave sin with grave punishment, but neglect of family or children is not mentioned. If family was the main focus, Allah would have address family neglect as a grave sin and would have prohibited adultery as a lesser sin, but no more than Alcohol consumption and gambling. Once again, it seems like adultery is prohibited because Allah said so or we haven’t discovered the true reason.
Fahad Iqbal sahib, the questioner did not criticized the Hukm of Quran, but he is not satisfied with the wisdom we are justifying this prohibition with, as it is not explained by God himself in Quran. Secondly, he is not talking about prostitution (a profession) but our of marriage relationship, which is a different thing.