Suhaib Webb – Slandering A Woman Because of Her Past
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The speaker discusses the concept of a woman who refuses to apologize and is hesitant to do so until she is sure of her mistake. They also mention the use of the word "has" in the context of a situation where a woman refuses to apologize and is hesitant to do so until she is sure of her mistake. The speaker also discusses the concept of a woman who refuses to apologize and is hesitant to do so until she is sure of her mistake.
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Very important question from a dear Swiss subscriber,
Salam Sheikh wa alaikum salam wa rahmatullah.
If a woman commits zina or minor zina
and then repents sincerely and tries to be
better and then later is slandered or has
to face something of that nature when people
talk about her due to the ayats, do
the ayats, the verses of the 24th chapter
of the Quran, Surat An-Nur, about slandering
chaste women apply to her.
So there's a few parts to this question.
Number one is there is no such thing
as like in the sense of minor zina
being equal to major zina.
Zina is *.
Minor zina is certainly sinful, certainly a problem,
a big problem, but not equal to to
zina.
And then repents sincerely and tries to be
better and then is later slandered or has
to face something of that nature when people
talk about her due to the ayats, the
verses of Surat An-Nur apply to her
about slandering chaste women?
Absolutely.
Because unless this was a court case, okay,
unless there was an accusation by her husband,
let's say hypothetically of her committing zina or
there were four witnesses that saw her committing
zina.
That's a whole different discussion.
Talking now about you know the on-the
-ground sort of slandering and things that happen
in community which can be very very harmful
and destabilizing.
So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has
said whoever repents from a sin sincerely that
is like the one that has no sin.
So definitely and this is still a major
slander of this woman, a disaster.
People should, unless it's a court situation, unless
it's being adjudicated hypothetically, then until this point
these things are abstractions, especially in the West.
You need to stay away from that stuff.
Now if if she was trying to get
married and she had or even a man
had exhibited this behavior as a pattern, then
people need to be warned.
However, they should be warned without going into
details.
We say the default is ijmari and the
exception is tafsili, meaning a person could say
to someone like I strongly advise you not
to get involved with this person.
If this person was chronically doing this and
you know, they exhibited behavior which is it's
hard to trust that they've really, you know,
repented.
So the usl in this is to to
keep it general, not to get into details.
Then asking also if they repent, are they
now a chaste person?
Well, there will be a chaste person, but
they would no longer, of course, be considered
a virgin, right?
So there's a difference between chastity and being
a virgin if that's what you're asking.
Although we know the hadith about marrying virgins
is weak, the hadith of Jabir is sahih.
Bukhari is contextual to Jabir.
That's a long discussion.
I talk about it on the fiqh of
nikah class.
So we're gonna start here live, Swiss as
well, alhamdulillah.
How does this fit into the Prophet Sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam saying Abu Sa'id al
-Ansari reported that Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
said, Regret is part of repentance and one
who truly repents is like the one without
sin.
Alhamdulillah, I'm glad that I explained that hadith
before.
I saw that you asked it.
Barakallahu fiqh.
May Allah bless you and increase you.
As-salamu alaykum.
Allahu akbar.