Perpetual zina.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
ASSALAM-U-ALI KUM…
I Have a strange problem for which I need a
solution…. The problem is like this – I was having a relation with a girl
since last eight years . I really treated her as a wife and vise-versa though
we are not married . we were attached to each other so much that it can't
be described but the problem is she is a hindu and me muslim….. in these
eight years I passed the message of islam to her every now and then… she was so
influenced that she used to keep roza in the month of holy ramzan , used to
pray and many other such practices …… but suddenly out of the blue she called
me and informed me she is engaged… I asked the reason and she told me
that she did everything for her father , I tried every thing to convince her
but all in vain…..
I am feeling so helpless… I don't know how to make myself understand…
I have lost my mental peace and I am feeling that god has not considered me
good enough to help some one accept islam as she will go back to idle worship
again……
What to do….
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Answer:
Perpetual zina
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah
Aaraaf verse 33:
33 Say (O Prophet (saws)): ‘The things that my Lord hath indeed
(absolutely) forbidden (declared ‘haraam’) are: shameful deeds whether
open or secret; sins and trespasses against truth or reason; assigning
of partners to Allah for which he hath given no authority; and saying things
about Allah of which ye have no knowledge.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 17 Surah Israa verse 32:
Do not even go
near ‘zina’ (fornication or adultery) for it is a
very indecent thing and a very evil way!
There are only a handful of sins in Islam which ignite the
Anger and the Wrath of the Lord more than the heinous abomination of the crime
of illegal sexual intercourse or ‘zina’!!! Such is the abhorrence of this abomination of
‘zina’ in the Sight of the Lord Most High that He has Commanded the believers
who sincerely fear Him and the Last Day to ‘not even go near’ it!!!!
Your Statement: ……and I am feeling that god has not
considered me good enough to help some one accept islam as she will go back to
idle worship again……
As much as inviting someone to the Truth of Al-Islam is a
meritorious deed in the Sight of the Lord….we absolutely assure you that if one
were to take the path of the abominations of ‘fahisha’ (indecency,
shamelessness, etc.) and ‘zina’ (illegal sexual intercourse) in their efforts
to invite another to the Straight Path….it would be akin to making an absolute
mockery of the Laws and the Boundaries of the Lord Most Majestic, Most Supreme!
It honestly beats our understanding to even imagine how
daring and bold one has to be to develop an illicit, lewd, and unlawful
relationship with a non-mehram woman, openly and continuously transgress the
Prescribed Boundaries of the Lord by treating this woman as one’s wife for
eight long years…..and then have the audacity to even imagine that ‘God has not considered me good
enough to help some one accept islam.’!!!!!
The Messenger of Allah (saws) mentioned a man
who raises his hands to the heavens and cries: 'O my Lord! O my Lord!......'
His food was unlawful, his drink was unlawful, his clothing was unlawful, and
what he had provided to sustain himself with was unlawful. How could his
invocation be accepted?"
Related by Muslim.
Your Question: What to do….
Whatever deeds one might have done, if one turns to Allah Subhanah in sincere
Taubah and seeks forgiveness, Allah
Subhanah has promised in the Holy Quran that He will forgive all the sins of
such a believer, even if one has
committed the gravest sin of all: ‘Shirk’!
Not only that, our Lord is so
Merciful and Generous, that He not only
will forgive the sins of that repentant believer, He will change their evil deeds done into
good deeds!
The conditions or ways to seek sincere Taubah or
Repentance from the Merciful Lord are:
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah
Zumur verses 53-54:
(O Prophet) say: “O My servants who have wronged
their own souls….Do not despair of Allah’s Mercy! Surely,
Allah forgives all sins. He
indeed is the All Forgiving, All
Merciful. Return to your Lord and
submit to Him before the scourge overtakes you;
for then you may get no help from anywhere.”
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale
Imraan verse 135-136:
Allah likes such good people very much,
who, if ever they commit a base deed or
wrong their own soul by the commission of a sin, remember Allah instantly, and ask for forgiveness from Him for their
shortcomings. For who, but Allah,
can forgive sins? (And Allah
loves those) who do not knowingly persist in the wrongs they did. These will be rewarded with forgiveness from
Allah, and with Gardens beneath which
canals flow, and they will reside
therein forever! How excellent is the
reward of those who do good deeds!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 25 Surah
Furqaan verses 63-71:
The (true) servants of the Merciful are those
who walk humbly on the earth. When the
ignorant people behave insolently towards them,
they say, “Peace to you”; (And
those) who pass their nights in prostrating themselves and standing before
their Lord and pray, “O our Lord, save
us from the torment of Hell, for its
torment is killing! It is an evil
abode, and an evil resting place”. (And those) who, when they spend are neither extravagant, nor miserly,
but keep the golden mean between the two extremes. (And those) who do not invoke any god but
Allah Alone, nor kill a soul
unjustly, which Allah has forbidden, nor commit adultery… He who does this shall
be punished for his sin, and his torment
shall be doubled on the Day of Resurrection,
and he shall abide in a state of ignominy; EXCEPT THE ONE WHO MAY HAVE REPENTED (AFTER
THOSE SINS), AND HAVE BELIEVED AND DONE
RIGHTEOUS DEEDS. For then, Allah will change his evil deeds into good
deeds, and He is very Forgiving and
Merciful. In fact, one who repents and does righteous
deeds, returns to Allah as one rightly
should!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah
Anaam verse 54:
When those come to you who believe in Our
Signs, say: "Peace be on you! Your Lord had inscribed for Himself (the rule
of) Mercy. Verily if any of you did evil
in ignorance, and thereafter repented
and amended (his conduct), Lo! He is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2357 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "He who
repents of a sin is like him who has committed no sin."
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2338 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "Allah
accepts a servant's repentance (taubah) till he gives up his spirit in
death."
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2339 Narrated by Abu Sa'id
Allah's Messenger (saws) said that the
Shaytaan said, "By Thy Might, my Lord, I shall continue to lead Thy
servants astray as long as their spirits are in their bodies!" The Lord, Who is Great and Glorious, replied,
"By My Might, Glory and Exalted Station, I shall continue to pardon them
as long as they ask for My forgiveness!"
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and
commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any
other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be
assured of being led astray.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan