Fariq Naik – How to Protect Ourselves from Zina
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The speakers discuss various ways in which individuals can protect themselves from Zina, including avoiding distraction from social media, movies, and news. They stress the importance of avoiding these activities, advertisements, and pictures of women in daily media. The worship of Zina and the worship of the devil are also discussed as additional ways to protect oneself. It is advised to avoid these activities and stay away from it, as they are not caught and punished.
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My name is Yasir and I'm from Afghanistan.
My question is, how can we protect ourselves
from Zina?
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
glorious Quran in Surah Al-Isra, Chapter 17,
Verse 32 وَلَا تَقْرَبُ الْزِّنَا إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً
وَسَاءَ سَبِيلَ And do not come close to
adultery, for it is an evil opening towards
other evils.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in this verse
of the glorious Quran in Surah Al-Isra,
Chapter 17, Verse 32 He's telling us that
do not come close to adultery.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in this verse,
he's going a step further and he's telling
us do not come close to adultery.
Leave aside committing adultery, which is a grave
major sin.
So all the things that lead to adultery,
we should see to it that we stay
away from it.
All the things that lead to Zina, we
should see to it that we stay away
from it.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
glorious Quran in Surah Al-Baqarah, Chapter 2,
Verse 208 يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا دُخُلُوا فِي
السِّلْمِ كَافَةً O you who believe, enter into
Islam wholeheartedly.
وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ And do not follow
the footsteps of the devil.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in this verse
of the glorious Quran, he's telling us do
not follow the footsteps of the devil.
Leave aside following the devil, which is a
great evil.
Islam takes utmost precaution that and Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala clearly tells us do not
follow the footsteps of the devil.
So, all the things that lead to haram,
all the things that lead to anything that
is haram, we should stay away from it.
Now, how can we protect ourselves from Zina,
which is a major sin?
And in fact, according to Imam Ad-Dahabi,
he writes in his book Al-Kabahil, The
70 Major Sins, he says that Zina, it
is the 10th major sin in Islam.
So, how do we protect ourselves?
How do we protect ourselves from this major
sin of Zina?
Inshallah, I will discuss 11 ways in order
to protect ourselves from Zina.
The first is that we should use the
social media appropriately and we should not misuse
the social media.
Today's social media, it is very prevalent, whether
it be YouTube, whether it be Facebook, whether
it be Instagram, whether it be Twitter, etc.
And majority of the people, when they use
social media, they end up involving in something
that is haram.
For example, Facebook.
Many people, they have a profile on Facebook.
And while they use Facebook, they involve in
something that is haram.
We find many people, unfortunately, many men who
have profiles on Facebook, they befriend a girl.
The same is the case with the sisters,
unfortunately.
Many of the women who have a profile
on Facebook, they befriend a male.
And they think that it is mere friendship.
But these are Khutuwat-ush-Shaitaan.
These are the footsteps of the devil.
Allah SWT says in the glorious Quran, وَلَا
تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ Do not follow the footsteps
of the devil.
Initially, it starts with friendship.
Then a person starts communicating with the person
of the opposite gender.
Initially, it starts with being a mere friend
with a person of the opposite gender on
Facebook.
Then you start communicating with the person.
You start sending the person a message.
And then you want to get close to
the person.
You meet the person of the opposite gender.
You want to go for coffee.
You want to go for dinner.
And then eventually a person falls into this
heinous sin of Zina.
It is very important that we use the
social media in the halal way.
Social media, it has its pros and its
cons.
And today, there is a lot of fitna
that is available on the social media.
So we should stay away from this fitna.
The second way in order to protect ourselves
from Zina is to avoid watching movies.
And I am referring to the Hollywood and
the Bollywood movies.
We find many Muslims, unfortunately, they spend hours
watching Hollywood and Bollywood movies.
And in majority of these movies, there are
haraam things that are involved.
Whether it be intermingling of the opposite gender.
Whether it be women appearing in these movies
in obscene and immodest clothes.
So we should see to it that we
do not while away our time and we
do not waste our time in watching movies.
And what happens is a person watches a
movie and he wants to implement this in
real life.
Many a times in the movies, many things
are fictitious and unreal.
And people, they want to implement these things
in real life.
And people think that it is a mere
movie.
What is the problem if I am watching
some movie and there is certain intermingling and
certain women, they are not dressed in the
hijab or they are dressed immodestly.
It is a mere movie.
But we do not realize that this has
an impact on our mind.
The third way in order to protect ourselves
from zina is to avoid looking at obscene
and immodest pictures in the magazines.
And we find today in the magazines that
it is very common that you will find
pictures of women.
You will find pictures of immodest women.
All of this, it is very common in
most of the magazines today.
So whenever we come across such a picture,
we should immediately flip the page.
And we should not continue watching at these
images.
And certain magazines are known to have pictures
of women who are dressed immodestly.
So we should not read these magazines at
all.
We find in the magazines that there are
advertisements, for example, of a car.
Invariably, in the ad, you will find a
woman who is dressed immodestly.
In the magazines, you may have an advertisement
of a furniture.
Invariably, in that, you will find a woman.
What is the percentage of women who drive
car?
It is very less as compared to men.
But invariably, in an ad of a car,
you will find a woman.
The fourth way in order to protect ourselves
from Zina is to avoid reading newspapers which
have immodest pictures in it.
We find this in the newspapers as well
that there are ads of women.
There are ads which promote haram things.
We should avoid reading such newspapers.
And even if we are reading any daily
newspaper and if we come across certain advertisements
which promote something that is haram or in
which there is a woman who is dressed
immodestly, we should immediately flip the page.
And we should not continue watching this.
The fifth way in order to protect ourselves
from Zina is that we should be in
the company of good and righteous friends.
A man should have good friends.
The brothers, they should have good friends.
And the sisters, they should have good friends.
And we should only keep friends of the
same gender.
And at the same time, we should see
to it that we do not have friends
who are away from the teachings of Islam.
We should have good and righteous friends.
We should not have friends who are involved
in haram relationships.
This is very important.
The sixth way in order to protect ourselves
from Zina is that we should have friends
only of the same gender.
We should not have friends of the opposite
gender.
And we find that today it is very
common.
Many men, unfortunately, they have girlfriends.
Many women, unfortunately, they have boyfriends.
And they think that it is okay.
This totally is against the teachings of Islam.
And all of these are Khutwa to Shaitaan.
These are the footsteps of the devil.
So we should not follow the footsteps of
the devil.
And anything that leads to Zina, we should
see to it that we abstain from such
a thing.
The seventh way in order to protect ourselves
from Zina is that we should get married.
A person should get married the moment he
is capable of getting married.
Our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him
said O young people, whosoever amongst you is
able to get married, he should get married.
So those young men who have the capability
of getting married, they should get married as
soon as possible.
Unfortunately, in today's time, Zina has become very
common and rampant and very easy.
And unfortunately, people have made marriage very difficult.
And we find those people who are involved
in haram relationships.
They have problems of depression.
They do not lead a life of peace.
And they constantly are depressed.
And they are in remorse.
What is the reason?
Because they are not following the commandments of
Allah SWT.
They are not following the commandment of our
beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him wherein
he said that we should get married.
So if a person is capable of getting
married, he should get married as soon as
possible.
The eighth way in order to protect ourselves
from Zina is that if a person cannot
get married, then he should fast.
As our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon
him said that the one who cannot get
married, then he should fast.
For it will be a protection for him.
The ninth way in order to protect ourselves
from Zina is to be regular as far
as the Salah is concerned.
Especially the five daily prayers.
Allah SWT says in the glorious Quran in
Surah Al-Ankabut, chapter number 29, verse number
45 Recite from the book what is revealed
to thee and establish regular prayer.
For prayer restrains from shameful and immoral deeds.
The more we offer our Salah with Khushu
and Khudu, we will find peace and tranquility.
And it will be a shield for us,
a protection for us against the evil, against
sins.
Besides being regular as far as the five
daily prayers are concerned, we should see to
it that we offer the Tahajjud prayer on
a regular basis as well.
We should be regular as far as the
Qiyamul Layl is concerned.
And we should try our level best that
we are regular as far as the other
Sunnah prayers are concerned as well.
The Sunnah Al-Mu'akkadah and the Sunnah
Ghayr Al-Mu'akkadah.
So we should see to it that we
offer the five daily prayers on a regular
basis.
And we do not miss any one of
the five daily prayers.
Because this is compulsory upon every Muslim.
And if we are regular as far as
the five daily prayers are concerned, we will
see the difference in our life.
The Salah, it acts as a shield, as
a protection from sins.
So if we offer Salah with proper concentration
and with dedication, it will protect us from
sins.
The tenth way in order to protect ourselves
from Zina is to be connected to the
glorious Quran.
The more we read the glorious Quran on
a regular basis, it will keep us on
the Sirat Al-Mustaqeem, that is the straight
path.
And it will prevent us from committing sins.
We should be connected to the glorious Quran.
We should read the glorious Quran on a
daily basis.
We should read the glorious Quran along with
the translation and ponder upon the meaning of
what we are reciting.
The more we are connected to the glorious
Quran, the more we will find peace, tranquility
and satisfaction in our lives.
And the eleventh way in order to protect
ourselves from Zina is to know regarding the
punishment of Zina in this world as well
as the next.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
glorious Quran, in Surah An-Nur, chapter 24,
verse number 2, As for the one guilty
of adultery or fornication, flog each of them
a hundred lashes.
There is a prescribed punishment for the person
who commits Zina.
This is how heinous this crime of Zina
is.
Unfortunately, many of us, we take this sin
very lightly.
And we do not realize the things that
lead to Zina.
That's the reason we should safeguard ourselves and
we should protect ourselves from all the things
that lead to Zina.
And we should not follow the footsteps of
the devil.
Leave aside following the devil, which is a
great evil.
We should not even follow the footsteps of
the devil.
And Satan, he uses different techniques in order
to tempt different human beings.
That reminds me of an incident of a
person who was an abid, who was a
worshipper of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and
he was known in the society to worship
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
This person, he was known for his obedience,
for his worship, for his ibadah.
Everyone knew him as a righteous person, as
a person who is consistent as far as
his salah, as far as his fasting, as
far as his ibadah is concerned.
One day, there is a family that wants
to travel away from the town in which
this abid, in which this worshipper is staying.
And they want to leave their daughter behind.
And they go to this abid, this worshipper,
and they tell him that we want to
keep our daughter with you because we know
that you are a righteous person and you
will take care of her.
Now this abid, he was staying alone in
his house.
So immediately he says, I seek refuge in
Allah.
How can this unknown woman who is not
a mehram to me stay with me?
I am staying alone in my house.
He immediately refuses.
But then Satan comes and tempts him and
tells him that what is the problem?
What you can do is you can keep
this sister in the house, besides your house
and there is no problem in it.
She is not staying in the same house.
So he agrees and he keeps this sister
in the house besides his house.
A few days pass and the Satan has
already started his campaign of taking this abid,
worshipper away from Allah SWT.
Now he tells this abid, this worshipper, that
this woman, she is staying alone in the
house besides you.
Why don't you take her in your house
and keep her in a separate room?
You will not be staying in the same
room with her.
At least you can take care of her.
She is a good muslima.
You need to take care of a muslim
sister.
So this abid thinks, okay, there is no
problem.
I am staying in one room, she is
staying in another room and he takes and
he welcomes the sister in his house.
A few days pass, Satan tempts this abid,
this worshipper and he tells him that you
need to know this sister better.
You need to take care of her.
You need to serve her.
Why don't you sometimes call her inside your
room and you take care of her, you
give her food, you give her water etc.
So this abid, he agrees and he takes
this sister inside his room and then Satan
keeps on tempting him slowly and gradually and
he keeps getting closer to this sister.
He ends up talking unnecessarily to this sister
and then eventually Satan tempts him to commit
this major sin of zina and he commits
this major sin of zina.
Now when the people, they return back, they
realize that this person, he has committed zina
with his sister and he is taken to
the court of law and he is about
to be given his punishment for zina.
Now this person, he is caught.
Now Satan does not end with his temptation
here but Satan, he continues tempting this person
and he traps this abid in such a
way wherein this abid, he commits a sin
which he would not have imagined committing it
when a few days back.
So Satan comes to this person, to this
abid and he tells him that I am
the one who has put you into this
problem and I am the only one who
can remove you from this problem but I
have one condition.
So the abid, he says what?
Satan tells him that bow down to me
and this abid who was known to be
a worshipper of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
he bows down to Iblis, he bows down
to Satan and he commits the biggest sin
in Islam and Satan tells him that thank
you very much you have been such a
good friend and he leaves him.
This is an exact and a precise example
of khutwat-us-shaitaan, the footsteps of the
devil.
Satan did not come to this abid and
tell him directly commit zina he knew that
this abid was a strong worshipper of Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala was a person who
used to worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
regularly so slowly and gradually he tempted him
and eventually this abid ended up committing zina
and after that he even committed shirk wherein
he bowed down to Iblis.
So we should always take utmost precaution that
we do not follow the footsteps of the
devil anything that leads to any major sin
we should stay away from it and a
true believer he is always on his toes
and anything that leads to any sin a
believer always stays away from such things.
So I would request all the brothers and
sisters that to ponder over these 11 steps
these 11 ways that I have mentioned and
Inshallah it will help an individual and it
will protect an individual from this major sin
of zina.
I hope that answers your question.