A story was published on CNN today talking about Saudis ordering 40 Lashes for elderly woman for mingling with 2 men. I’m really fed up with Saudi’s moral police(the Authority for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice), acting like maniacs claiming what they do is Islamic. They are only 3500 officers, hurting the image of Islam, a religion practiced by 1.8 BILLION people worldwide.
Please allow me to use ISLAM, to prove that the above behaviour by the “moral police” in Saudi is far from Islamic.
Representatives of the “Authority” … please read my words carefully:
First of all: didn’t God say, in the Holy Quran, in Surah An-Nur, Verses number 27 and 28:
“O you who believe! Enter not houses other than your own, until you have asked permission and greeted those in them, that is better for you, in order that you may remember.
And if you find no one therein, still, enter not until permission has been given. And if you are asked to go back, go back, for it is purer for you, and Allah is All-Knower of what you do.”
Now, who and what on earth gave you the permission to enter peoples’ houses without their permission?
Second, the rule prohibiting a man, to be isolated with a woman, is taken from Prophet Mohammad’s (Peace Be Upon Him) Hadith, when he said: “A man must not isolate a woman ....” my question is: How does this rule apply to 2 men and a woman? How does it also apply to 2 men and an OLD woman?
Didn’t Prophet Mohammad set this rule for people to be as far away from adultery as possible? How could a situation involving 2 men and an old woman end up with Adultery?!!
Third, didn’t God say in the Quran, also in Surah An-Nur, verse 60:
“And as for women past child-bearing who do not expect wed-lock, it is no sin on them if they discard their (outer) clothing in such a way as not to show their adornment. But to refrain (i.e. not to discard their outer clothing) is better for them. And Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower.”
If the rule of Hijab (covering the head) is dropped when it comes to women who fall under this category (meaning old women, are not considered a temptation), hence, should not also the rule of isolation be discarded?
Fourth, Islamic Law comes from the Quran and Sunnah (teachings of Prophet Mohammad), I challenge you, to get me 1 verse from either Quran or Sunnah, that sets a 40 lashes punishment for ANY sin.
The 100 lashes punishment mentioned in Quran is for people committing Adultery, and it’s only executed IF there are 4 witnesses. Again from Surah An-Nur, Verse 2:
“The woman and the man guilty of illegal sexual intercourse, flog each of them with a hundred stripes. Let not pity withhold you in their case, in a punishment prescribed by Allah, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day.”
My question is: Who gave you the authority to modify this Law to 40 lashes? Who gave you the authority to set a lashes punishment for isolation?
Fifth, did the officer have other 4 witnesses with him when he accused the poor woman with a Vice?
I thought God said in Quran, ALSO in Surah An-Nur Verse 4: that a man accusing a woman (without producing 4 witnesses) should receive 80 lashes himself!
“And those who accuse chaste women, and produce not four witnesses, flog them with eighty stripes, and reject their testimony forever, they indeed are the liars, rebellious, disobedient to Allah.”
How did the officer claim there was something wrong going on, without any other witnesses?
Sixth, since when there was a punishment for isolation any ways?! Since when there was a punishment for even kissing! Ma’ez Ibn Malik commited Adultery, then felt so bad about it he confessed to Prophet Mohammad Peace Be Upon Him. He confessed because he wanted to receive the punishment here, rather than the Hereafter.
Ma’ez explicitly told the Prohpet: “O Prophet, I fornicated”, the prophet said: “You probably kissed!”, Ma’ez said: “I fornicated”. The Prophet said: “You probably flirted”. Ma’ez said: “I fornicated”. The Prophet said: “You probably looked!”. Ma’ez said:” No I fornicated”, and that’s when the Prophet Peace Be Upon Him ordered the man’s punishment. (Story is documented in several books; one of them is Book of Bukhari, Hadith number 6824)
The above story clearly demonstrates that a person should only receive a punishment in case of sexual intercourse. The prophet was even giving the man a chance to get away with it! (and repent), but the man insisted on receiving his punishment.
Seventh, you give the woman 40 lashes, and a prison sentence? I thought according to Islam, if you receive any punishment based on the book of God, or the teachings of his prophet, you don’t go to jail. Did god mention a prison sentence in Quran in case of Adultery? NO (Verse above).
Finally, why should the woman be deported? I challenge you to give me an example from the times of Prophet Mohammad, from the Quran, or from the Sunnah, where a Muslim, a Jew, or a Christian, got deported from the Islamic State for ANY reason.
May Allah liberate Muslims in KSA from your stupidity.
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