Fornication
66 sayings · page 2 of 2
The narrator asked Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.), "What is meant by the saying of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.): When a person commits fornication, the soul of faith is taken away from him?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "The soul separated from him is the same that is discussed in this verse: We granted them piety through this soul."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 332 link
"There is no good in illegitimate children. Neither there is good in their skin nor in their hair, flesh, blood or any other thing."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 332 link
"If illegitimate children are forgiven, the person who went around Bani Israel will be forgiven." Imam was asked, "Who is the person who went around Bani Israel?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "He was a worshipper. He was told that illegitimate children will not be purified and none of their deeds will be accepted. The worshipper emerged in the mountains and asked: What is my fault in it?"
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 332 link
"Looking at non-Mahram women is one of the poisonous arrows of Shaitaan. Many a times, it is a cause of development of evil desires."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 33 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) relates that The community of Prophet Lut (a.s.) was involved in homosexual relations excessively. Hence, the earth cried so much in front of the Lord that its tears reached the heavens and heavens cried so much that their tears reached the Divine Throne. Then Allah ordered the sky to rain stones on those people and He ordered the earth to swallow them."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 332/333 link
Imam Muhammad Baqir relates that The community of Prophet Lut (a.s.) was one of the best creations. The accursed Shaitaan misguided them greatly. People used to go out for work leaving their women behind. Shaitaan used to damage their houses and belongings in their absence. They used to return home to find it messed up. All of them decided to catch the culprit red-handed. One day they hid in one place and kept a close watch on their houses. They saw a young and handsome boy come and damage their belongings. People caught hold of him and asked, "Was it you who damaged our things earlier?" "Yes," replied the boy wickedly. People decided to execute that boy and gave the responsibility of holding him captive at night to a man. At night, the boy began to wail. The man asked, "Why are you crying?" The boy said, "My father used to make me sleep on his chest." The man said, "You sleep on my chest." The boy laid on his chest and began to rub himself with that man. The man also began doing the same to Shaitaan. Then Shaitaan disappeared suddenly. The man narrated the whole incident to his fellowmen in the morning. They were surprised and never knew about this act earlier. Then the people also started doing this act. They committed this act with each other at first and, began to do it with whoever passed by their city to an extent that people stopped passing through their town. They avoided their women and began to keep handsome boys to satisfy their sexual desires. When Shaitaan saw that all men have been misguided, he went to the women in the form of a lady. He told them that their men have sexual relations with other men. The women replied that he was right and they knew it and Prophet Lut (a.s.) had also advised them to keep away from this act. Now Shaitaan taught this act to women also and they began involve themselves with each other. When the argument of Allah was exhausted, He sent Jibraeel, Mikaeel and Israfeel in the form of boys wearing cloaks to that community. When they reached the city, they saw Prophet Lut (a.s.) working on his farm. The Prophet asked them, "I have never seen anyone more handsome than you. Where are you going?" They replied, "Our Master has sent us to meet the elderly of this city." Lut (a.s.) said, "Doesn't your Master know what the people here do? By Allah, they catch hold of men and sodomize them till they bleed." They said, "Our Master has ordered us to pass through this city." Prophet said, "I have a request for you." They asked what it was. Lut (a.s.) said, "You wait here till nightfall." Those boys sat there. Lut (a.s.) sent his daughter to bring some water and bread for them and blankets to save them from the cold weather. When the girl started walking towards her house, it began to rain heavily and the whole city was flooded. Lut (a.s.) said, "The people of the city must have gone home. We can go now." Prophet Lut (a.s.) was walking at the side while Jibraeel, Mikaeel and Israfeel were walking in the middle of the road. Lut (a.s.) asked them, "O boys! Why are you walking in the middle of the road?" They replied, "Our Master has told us to walk on the middle of the road." Prophet Lut (a.s.) comforted himself by thinking that it was night and there was minimum danger. The accursed Shaitaan threw a woman's child in the well and began to scream in the whole city. All the people gathered near the house of Prophet Lut (a.s.). They saw three handsome boys in his house and said to him, "O Lut! You have also started doing this act." Lut (a.s.) told them, "These are my guests. Now do not embarrass me." The people told him, "You keep one of those handsome boys and hand over the other two to us." Lut (a.s.) took them to a room in his house and closed the door saying, "I wish I had a strong power to fight these people and defend you." The people banged at his door and broke it open. They entered his house and attacked him. Prophet Lut (a.s.) fell on the ground. Jibraeel told Prophet Lut (a.s.), "We are angels of your Lord. These people will not be able to hurt you a bit." He picked up a handful of mud and threw on the crowd and said, "Distort their faces." All the people became blind as a result. Lut (a.s.) asked, "O angels! What has the Lord ordered about these people?" They said, "The Lord has said that they will be chastised at dawn." Lut (a.s.) said, "I have a request." He was asked what the request was. Prophet said, "They should be punished just now." They replied, "The time of chastisement is at dawn. Isn't dawn near? You migrate from this city before dawn and take your daughter along leaving your wife behind." Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) said that may Allah have mercy on Prophet Lut (a.s.) for his words, "I wish I had a strong power to fight these people off". He was not aware about the persons present in his house at that time. Can there be a support better than Jibraeel?" The Almighty Allah told Prophet Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.s.), "This chastisement is not away from the unjust in your Ummah i.e. if the people of your Ummah commit the sin similar to that of the people of Lut, they too will face similar chastisement."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 333/334/335/336 link
"One who sodomises a man will not die until he has invited others to sodomise himself."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 336 link
"If a man commits sodomy with a boy, he can never ever marry that boy's sister."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 336 link
"If there is a person who deserves stoning twice, it is one who commits sodomy."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 336 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
"If it is done outside anus, it is called sodomy and if it is inside it, it is disbelief."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 336 link
A person came to his father and said, "O son of Allah's Messenger! I am involved in a grave calamity. Please pray for me so that I come out of it." People told Imam (a.s.) that others have illicit relations with this person." Imam (a.s.) said, "It is not possible to have relations until the person himself is ready for it. Allah says: I swear by My honor! A person who allows others to have illicit relations with him will also be unable to sit on the sheets of Paradise."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 336 link
God will not bestow His grace on three persons in the Day of Judgment: an old adulterer, a man whose only possession is swearing-who swears for truth and falsehood alike-and an arrogant poor person.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 770; Page No. 110 link
God will not bestow His grace on three persons in the Day of Judgment, will not purify their souls and will make them suffer painful punishment: an old adulterer, an arrogant poor person, and a man whose only possession is God, buying and selling nothing save through swearing by Him.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 771; Page No. 110 link
God will not talk to three groups of people in the Day of Judgment, and will make them suffer painful punishment: old adulterers, monarchs who tell lie, and the arrogant poor.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 779; Page No. 111 link
God's anger is so severe for an adulterer.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 798; Page No. 114 link
Allah's wrath is indeed severe on the married woman who fulfils her desires through any other man apart from her husband or looks lustfully at anyone other than her unmarriageable kin [i.e. husband], upon which Allah thwarts every single good deed she has ever committed. And if she welcomes anyone other than her husband in his bed, Allah will rightfully burn her in the Fire after He has chastised her in her grave.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 366, no. 30; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 336 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
A man who is possessive [over his own wife] will never commit adultery.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 305; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 336 link
The one to face the severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection will be the man who deposited his sperm in a womb that was forbidden to him.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 26, no. 28; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 337 link
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida [a] said
Fornication has been prohibited due to the corruption it engenders, from murder to illegitimacy to ill-breeding of children to broken lineages and all sorts of other social ills.
Bihar al-Anwar, p. 24, no. 19; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 337 link
O Ali, there are six consequences that result from fornication, three of which are in this world and three in the Hereafter. In this world, it takes away one's beauty, hastens one's death and cuts off one's sustenance. In the Hereafter, it results in an evil reckoning, solicits the indignation of the Merciful Himself and makes one deserving of eternity in the Fire.
Bihar al-Anwar, p. 22, no. 15; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 337 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Fornication brings about poverty.
Bihar al-Anwar, p. 23, no. 18; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 337 link
We found written in the book of the Prophet (SAWA), 'If fornication prevails after my death, incidences of sudden death will increase.'
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 374, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 337 link
When fornication becomes widespread earthquakes occur as an upshot.
al-Tahdhib, v. 3, p. 148, no. 318; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 337 link
Every woman that perfumes herself and leaves her house intending for her perfume to be sensed by others is an adulteress, and every eye [that looks lustfully] is fornicating.
Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 28; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 338 link
Do not look intently at one who does not belong to you, for verily your genitals will not commit fornication as long as you guard your gaze [from fornicating]. So if you are able to keep yourself from looking at the apparel of a woman who is not permitted to you, then do so.
Tanbih al-Khawatir, p. 62; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 338 link
In the Day of Judgment, God will not cast a look at the one who has committed adultery with his neighbor's wife, will not make him purified, and will order him to enter Hell with Hell-dwellers.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1051; Page No. 148 link
Shown with the book and page each saying is taken from. The collection carries no grading, and the English is the compiler’s. All subjects