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nationality and status given by her husband's law. Any man or woman, of any race or faith, may, on accepting Islam,
freely marry any Muslim woman or man, provided it be from motives of purity and chastity and not of lewdness. (5.5)
5:6 - O ye who believe! when ye prepare for prayer wash your faces and your hands (and arms) to
the elbows; rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a
state of ceremonial impurity bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill or on a journey or one of
you cometh from offices of nature or ye have been in contact with women and ye find no water
then take for yourselves clean sand or earth and rub therewith your faces and hands. Allah
doth not wish to place you in a difficulty but to make you clean and to complete His favor to
you that ye may be grateful. 702703704
702 These are the essentials of Wudhu, or ablutions preparatory to prayers, viz., (1) to bathe the whole face in water, and
(2) both hands and arms to the elbows, with (3) a little rubbing of the head with water (as the head is usually protected
and comparatively clean), and (4) the bathing of the feet to the ankles. In -addition, following the practice of the
Prophet, it is usual first to wash the mouth, and the nose before proceeding with the face, etc. (5.6)
703 Cf. iv. 43 and n. 563. Ritual impurity arises from sex pollution. (5.6)
704 This is Tayammum, or wiping with clean sand or earth where water is not available. I take it that this substitute is
permissible both for Wudhu and for a full bath, in the circumstances mentioned. (5.6)
17:32 - Nor come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful (deed) and an evil opening the road (to
other evils). 2215
2215 Adultery is not only shameful in itself and inconsistent with any self-respect or respect for others, but it opens the road
to many evils. It destroys the basis of the family: it works against the interests of children born or to be born; it may
cause murders and feuds and loss of reputation and property, and also loosen permanently the bonds of society. Not
only should it be avoided as a sin, but any approach or temptation to it should be avoided. (17.32)
24:2 - The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication flog each of them with a hundred
stripes: let not compassion move you in their case in a matter prescribed by Allah if ye believe
in Allah and the Last Day: and let a party of the Believers witness their punishment.
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2954 Zina includes sexual intercourse between a man and a woman not married to each other. It therefore applies both to
adultery (which implies that one or both of the parties are married to a person or persons other than the ones
concerned) and to fornication, which, in its strict signification, implies that both parties are unmarried. The law of
marriage and divorce is made easy in Islam, so that there may be the less temptation for intercourse outside the welldefined
incidents of marriage. This makes for greater self-respect for both man and woman. Other sex offences are
also punishable, but this Section applies strictly to Zina as above defined. Although zina covers both fornication and
adultery, in the opinion of Muslim jurists, the punishment laid down here applies only to unmarried persons. As for
married persons, their punishment, according to the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be on him), is stoning to death.
(24.2)
2955 Cf. iv. 15, and n. 523. (24.2)
2956 The punishment should be open, in order to be deterrent. (24.2)
24:3 - Let no man guilty of adultery or fornication marry any but a woman similarly guilty or an
Unbeliever nor let any but such a man or an Unbeliever marry such a woman: to the Believers
such a thing is forbidden. 2957
2957 Islam commands sex purity, for men and for women, at all times,-before marriage, during marriage, and after the
dissolution of marriage. Those guilty of illicit practices are shut out of the marriage circle of chaste men and women.
(24.3)
24:4 - And those who launch a charge against chaste women and produce not four witnesses (to
support their allegation) flog them with eighty stripes: and reject their evidence ever after: for
such men are wicked transgressors 2958
2958 The most serious notice is taken of people who put forward slanders or scandalous suggestions about women without
adequate evidence. If anything is said against a woman's chastity, it should be supported by evidence twice as strong
as would ordinarily be required for business transactions, or even in murder cases. That is, four witnesses would be
required instead of two. Failing such preponderating evidence, the slanderer should himself be treated as a wicked
transgressor and punished with eighty stripes. Not only would he be subjected to this disgraceful form of punishment,
but he would be deprived of the citizen's right of giving evidence in all matters unless he repents and reforms, in which
case he can be readmitted to be a competent witness. The verse lays down the punishment for slandering "chaste
women", which by consensus of opinion also covers slandering chaste men. Chaste women have been specifically
mentioned, according to Commentators, because slandering them is more abhorrent. (24.4)
24:5 - Unless they repent thereafter and mend (their conduct): for Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most
Merciful. 2959
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