Do Not Go Near Adultery (Part 2)
Do Not Go Near Adultery (Part 1)
It was reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Satan (Iblis) often sends his soldiers everywhere in the earth, saying to them, ‘Whoever diverts a Muslim, I will crown him. The most skillful one in diverting people, the nearest to me. Meanwhile, a devil comes and says, “I kept tempting such and such until he divorced his wife.’ Iblis says, ‘You did nothing. He will marry another woman.’ Another comes and says, ‘I kept tempting such and such until I created a grudge between him and his brother. ’ Iblis says, ‘You did nothing. He will reconcile with him.’ Eventually comes another devil who says, ‘I kept tempting such and such until he fell into adultery.’ Iblis says, ‘Great and well done. Then he makes him nearer to him and crowns him.” (Reported by Al-Siuti)
We seek Allah’s refuge from the evils of Satan and his soldiers. It was reported that on the authority of Anas that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Faith is like a garment with which Allah covers whomever He likes. But if he falls in adultery, this garment will be taken off, and if he repents, He will restore it again.” (Reported by Ad-Dai1ami. It’s a weak hadith)
The Prophet (peace be upon him) also said, “O Muslims, be aware of adultery. It entails six consequences: Three in this world and the others in the next. As for the worldly consequences, they are a pale face, a short life, and long poverty. The consequences in the Hereafter are: The wrath of Allah, a severe reckoning and torture in Fire.” (Reported by Al-Siuti)
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, “Whoever persists in drinking wine and then dies, Allah will make him drink from the river of Ghuta, a river that flows the genitals of the whores.” (Reported by Ahmad)
In the Fire, there will be pus flowing from the whores’ genitals, which will be offered to whoever dies persisting in drinking wine. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Next to polytheism (shirk), is the semen ejaculated by a man in an unlawful womb.” (Reported by Ibn Al-Jawzi)
“In the Hell-Fire, there is a valley that contains serpents. Each serpent is as fat as a camel’s neck. When it stings the one who does not pray, it’s poison boils in his abode for seventy years, and then his flesh is torn out. There is also a valley called the well of Hazan (suffering), which contains serpents and scorpions. Each scorpion is as huge as a mule and has seventy spines. Each spine ends in a poisonous edge. Then, it strikes the adulterer and sprays poison in his body. The adulterer suffers from this painful poison for a thousand years. Then his flesh is torn out, and pus flows from his genitals.” (Not found)
“Whoever makes love with a married woman will suffer the torture which is supposed to afflict half of this nation in the grave. Afterwards, on the Day of Judgment, Allah will give her husband, who does not know (what she does), the right to dispose of her good deeds. But if he knows and does nothing, he and his wife will be deprived of Paradise, as there is a statement on the door of Paradise which reads, unlawful for the pimp.” (Not found)
“Whoever touches a woman, who is not lawful to him, because of lust, he will be resurrected with his hand tied to his neck on the Day of Judgment. In case of kissing, his lips will be nipped by the fire. Eventually, if he commits adultery, his thighs will witness against him, on the Day of Judgment by saying, “I lied on an unlawful” Then, Allah looks at him out of wrath. Thus, his face’s flesh falls. If he arrogantly says, “I never did so,” Then the tongue witnesses by saying, ‘I produced an unlawful utterance.’ The hand also says, ‘I touched unlawful things.’ The eyes say’ I looked to the unlawful.’ The legs say:’ To the unlawful objects did I walk.’ Finally, the genital says, ‘I applied. ‘ As for the guardian angels, he says, ‘I heard, and another says,’ I wrote’ eventually, Allah says, “I knew but concealed him.” (Not found)
Then, Allah says, “O angels! Take him away to torture him. Severe is My wrath on those who are not shy from Me.” This is shown in Allah’s Book, Exalted be He: {On the Day when their tongue, their hands, and their feet will bear witness against them as to their actions.} (AINur: 24).” (Not found in the authentic books of Hadith)
The most grievous kind of adultery is incest with one’s mother, sister, stepmother, and unmarriageable relatives. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Whoever falls into adultery with an unmarriageable relative must be killed.” (Reported by AI-Hakim)
AI-Barra narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) sent his uncle to a man who made love with his stepmother to kill him and divide his wealth into five parts (like the spoils of war). Therefore, we ask Allah the Bounteous to forgive our sins for He is the Most Bounteous, the Most Kind.
by Imam Shamsu ed-Deen Dhahabi