86. Ḥudūd (Limits and Punishments Set by Allah)

٨٦۔ كتاب الحدود

86.21 The sin of illegal sexual intercourse

٨٦۔٢١ باب إِثْمِ الزُّنَاةِ

[Machine] The saying of Allah Almighty: "{And do not commit adultery}, {And do not approach unlawful sexual relations. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way}".

قَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {وَلاَ يَزْنُونَ}، {وَلاَ تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنَا إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَسَاءَ سَبِيلاً}.

bukhari:6808Dāwud b. Shabīb > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

I will narrate to you a narration which nobody will narrate to you after me. I heard that from the Prophet. I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "The Hour will not be established" or said: "From among the portents of the Hour is that the religious knowledge will betaken away (by the death of religious Scholars) and general ignorance (of religion) will appear; and the drinking of alcoholic drinks will be very common, and (open) illegal sexual intercourse will prevail, and men will decrease in number while women will increase so much so that, for fifty women there will only be one man to look after them."  

البخاري:٦٨٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَنَسٌ قَالَ

لأُحَدِّثَنَّكُمْ حَدِيثًا لاَ يُحَدِّثُكُمُوهُ أَحَدٌ بَعْدِي سَمِعْتُهُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ وَإِمَّا قَالَ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ وَيَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ وَيُشْرَبَ الْخَمْرُ وَيَظْهَرَ الزِّنَا وَيَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ وَيَكْثُرَ النِّسَاءُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لِلْخَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً الْقَيِّمُ الْوَاحِدُ  

bukhari:6809Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Isḥāq b. Yūsuf > al-Fuḍayl b. Ghazwān > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

Messenger of Allah ﷺs said, "When a slave (of Allah) commits illegal sexual intercourse, he is not a believer at the time of committing it; and if he steals, he is not a believer at the time of stealing; and if he drinks an alcoholic drink, when he is not a believer at the time of drinking it; and he is not a believer when he commits a murder," 'Ikrima said: I asked Ibn Abbas, "How is faith taken away from him?" He said, Like this," by clasping his hands and then separating them, and added, "But if he repents, faith returns to him like this, by clasping his hands again.  

البخاري:٦٨٠٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْفُضَيْلُ بْنُ غَزْوَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَزْنِي الْعَبْدُ حِينَ يَزْنِي وَهْوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلاَ يَسْرِقُ حِينَ يَسْرِقُ وَهْوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلاَ يَشْرَبُ حِينَ يَشْرَبُ وَهْوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلاَ يَقْتُلُ وَهْوَ مُؤْمِنٌ قَالَ عِكْرِمَةُ قُلْتُ لاِبْنِ عَبَّاسٍ كَيْفَ يُنْزَعُ الإِيمَانُ مِنْهُ قَالَ هَكَذَا وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَهَا فَإِنْ تَابَ عَادَ إِلَيْهِ هَكَذَا وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ  

bukhari:6810Ādam > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > Dhakwān > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The one who commits an illegal sexual intercourse is not a believer at the time of committing illegal sexual intercourse and a thief is not a believer at the time of committing theft and a drinker of alcoholic drink is not a believer at the time of drinking. Yet, (the gate of) repentance is open thereafter."  

البخاري:٦٨١٠حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ ذَكْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ يَزْنِي الزَّانِي حِينَ يَزْنِي وَهْوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلاَ يَسْرِقُ حِينَ يَسْرِقُ وَهْوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلاَ يَشْرَبُ حِينَ يَشْرَبُهَا وَهْوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَالتَّوْبَةُ مَعْرُوضَةٌ بَعْدُ  

bukhari:6811ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Manṣūr And Sulaymān > Abū Wāʾil > Abū Maysarah > ʿAbdullāh

I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Which is the biggest sin?" He said, "To set up rivals to Allah by worshipping others though He alone has created you." I asked, "What is next?" He said, "To kill your child lest it should share your food." I asked, "What is next?" He said, "To commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbor."  

البخاري:٦٨١١حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْصُورٌ وَسُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ الذَّنْبِ أَعْظَمُ قَالَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَهْوَ خَلَقَكَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ أَىٌّ قَالَ أَنْ تَقْتُلَ وَلَدَكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنْ يَطْعَمَ مَعَكَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ أَىٌّ قَالَ أَنْ تُزَانِيَ حَلِيلَةَ جَارِكَ قَالَ يَحْيَى وَحَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنِي وَاصِلٌ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ عَمْرٌو فَذَكَرْتُهُ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَكَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ وَمَنْصُورٍ وَوَاصِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَيْسَرَةَ قَالَ دَعْهُ دَعْهُ