Is Zina Adultery Or Fornication As Well? Reasoning For Prohibiting Fornication.
Thank You so very much for this response, Faisal Shb. This is super helpful. I’ll look into the resources/stats that you have mentioned iA.
Meanwhile, to the said fact that sex can become an addiction; it shouldn’t be a problem anymore after one gets married, as it becomes completely legal between the spouses? When we put this logic in context, does there still remain any other rationale for the prohibition?
I’m not sure if understand your question correctly. After marriage it becomes legal with one’s spouse only.
We talked about the addiction. One might get addicted to this act but what difference does it make? Once they are married they can have it (with their spouse) as many times as they want even if they are addicted.
All the arguments above raise many questions for which I have not found a satisfactory answer. There is no question that Zina is prohibitted in Islam, but why is it prohibited and in which case and at what extent the punishment in this World and afterwards is applicable. 1. Having a child without a marriage is almost impossible these days unless someone is deliberate or exceptionally careless and even if a child is born out of wedlock, it is not necessary that the parents will neglect the child. What if they get married afterwards or take exceptionally good care of the child. 2. If Zina is prohibited for the sake of family, why the punishment of Zina is so severe than any other act that causes neglect or abuse of a family. None other acts that harm a family are explicitly stated in Quran. 3. Controlling the desire in one’s prime is extremely difficult and only exceptionally strong can achieve complete purity. It is equivalents to the brain completely shutting down for many. How could a test be so severe and punishment in this World and afterwards be so extreme for such act when Islam is supposed to be logical and easy religion to follow. The only hope is that unlike Shirk, Zina may be forgiven by Allah; otherwise too many would be in big trouble.