Why Hide Others' Adultery When It Is A Crime
But adultery is a crime, and even if you know then shouldn’t be publicized. But Ghamidi sahab said that crimes shouldn’t be hidden. Is adultery an exception in that tho?
Those are crimes by nature which Ghamidi Sahab is referring to e.g. robbery, rape, terrorism, oppression etc. and will be called crimes wehther or not enough circumstancial evidence is available against the culprit. It will still be said that a crime has been committed. Adultery on the other hand is a major sin and is not a crime by nature. In Islam, it only becomes a crime when requirement of witnesses has been fulfilled, in its absence it cannot be called a crime. That’s the difference between these two. Infact, calling it a crime and reporting it to authorities in the absence of witnesses would result in punishment of ‘ Qadhf ‘ for the individual reporting it.