Don't Come Close To Zina ᴴᴰ | Bilal Assad
Summary
TLDRThe script emphasizes the importance of avoiding adultery and fornication, as outlined in the Quran. It explains that Allah warns against even approaching these sins because they lead to harm and destruction. The speaker compares this to missing an exit on a freeway, where continuing down the wrong path only leads further away from the right destination. The script highlights that even small actions, like a glance or a touch, can lead one closer to sin. It concludes by urging individuals to guard their morals, family, and society by staying away from such temptations.
Takeaways
- 📜 Allah commands not just to avoid adultery and fornication but also to stay far from anything that leads to it.
- ⚠️ Zina (adultery/fornication) is described as a foul, dirty act with harmful consequences.
- 🛣️ The metaphor of missing an exit on a freeway is used to illustrate the idea that once you start down the path of zina, it's difficult to turn back and avoid a bad end.
- 🔍 The speaker emphasizes that even approaching zina, such as through looks, touches, or sweet words, is dangerous and should be avoided.
- 🚫 Allah's warning to 'not come close' to zina is likened to putting up fences far away from a danger zone to ensure safety.
- 👩❤️👨 Zina can occur whether a person is married or single, with both scenarios being major sins with severe punishments in this life and the hereafter.
- 🙏 There is an opportunity for forgiveness if a person repents from zina, but if they die without repenting, the punishments are severe.
- 🛡️ The guidance to avoid zina is part of a broader Islamic approach to protect individual chastity, family, and society as a whole.
- 🌍 The contrast is made between Islamic societal values, which emphasize community well-being, and secular societal values, which often focus on individual desires.
- 🧠 The human tendency to keep going once they have started down a path of temptation is highlighted as a psychological trait, which is why Allah warns against even approaching zina.
Q & A
What does the Quran say about adultery and fornication?
-The Quran warns against coming near adultery and fornication, describing it as a foul and harmful act that leads to a bad end.
Why is it important not to come close to zina (adultery/fornication) according to the script?
-It is important not to come close to zina because once you approach it, you are on a dangerous path that can lead to deeper involvement, making it difficult to stop. This pathway only leads to harm.
What metaphor is used to describe the pathway to zina?
-The pathway to zina is compared to missing an exit on a freeway; the further you go, the more lost you become, and you need to turn back to take the correct exit.
What is the difference in punishment for committing zina when married versus when single?
-The punishment for committing zina when married is more severe than when single, but both are considered major sins with terrible punishments in this world and the hereafter.
What is the significance of repentance in relation to zina?
-Repentance is crucial because if a person repents from zina in this world, Allah is forgiving. However, if they do not repent and die with this sin, the punishments are horrendous.
How does Islam’s approach to morality differ from a secular society's approach?
-Islam’s approach is holistic, focusing on protecting society, community, and family, whereas a secular society often emphasizes individualism, leading to selfishness and its negative effects.
What misconception do some people have about the Quran’s warning against zina?
-Some people mistakenly believe that the Quran only prohibits the act of intercourse, allowing other forms of intimacy, but the Quran actually warns against coming close to zina in any form.
What are some actions considered as 'coming close' to zina?
-Actions such as a look, a touch, a sweet word in a forbidden context, seclusion, exchanging phone numbers, or a kiss are all considered as 'coming close' to zina.
Why does the speaker emphasize the dangers of even approaching zina?
-The speaker emphasizes the dangers because human nature and desires make it hard to stop once someone begins approaching zina, leading them deeper into sin than they initially intended.
How does Allah's command to not come close to zina reflect His understanding of human nature?
-Allah's command reflects His understanding of human psychology, knowing that even minor temptations can lead to greater sins, so He instructs believers to avoid even the approach to zina.
Outlines
🚫 Avoiding Adultery and Fornication
This paragraph emphasizes the importance of avoiding adultery and fornication, as highlighted in the Quran. It describes these acts as foul and dirty, leading only to harm and negative consequences. The analogy of missing an exit on the freeway illustrates that once someone strays onto this path, they must turn back before it's too late. The paragraph also differentiates the severity of the punishment for adultery when committed by a married versus a single person, stressing that both are major sins. However, repentance can lead to forgiveness in this world, whereas failing to repent may result in severe punishment in the hereafter. The warning serves to protect individual chastity, family values, and societal morals, reflecting Islam's holistic approach to communal well-being.
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Keywords
💡Zina
💡Chastity
💡Holistic Approach
💡Temptation
💡Repentance
💡Secular Society
💡Pathway
💡Moral Integrity
💡Punishment
💡Danger
Highlights
Allah commands not to come near adultery or fornication, describing it as a foul and dirty act.
The pathway of adultery will only lead to harm and has no good end, similar to missing an exit on a freeway.
Zina (adultery/fornication) can occur whether a person is married or single, with more severe punishment for those who are married.
Both forms of zina are major sins with terrible punishments in this world and the hereafter.
Repentance can lead to Allah's forgiveness, but dying without repentance leads to horrendous punishments.
The warning from Allah aims to guard chastity, morals, family, society, and community.
Islam offers a holistic approach to protect society by promoting communal responsibility.
In contrast, a secular society focuses on individualism, leading to widespread selfishness.
Some people mistakenly believe that only the act of intercourse is forbidden, not other intimate actions.
Allah's command to not come close to zina includes avoiding actions like looking, touching, sweet words, and seclusion.
Approaching zina is like nearing a dangerous area, where fences and signs warn against getting too close.
Once close to zina, temptations and desires will continuously provoke a person, making it harder to stop.
Human nature makes it difficult to stop once a person starts approaching zina, as desires increase.
The psychology of the human being, as created by Allah, makes it essential to avoid even getting close to zina.
Allah's wisdom in commanding to avoid proximity to zina is to protect people from falling deeper into sin.
Transcripts
I love you Allah says in the Quran don't
come near adultery fornication it is it
is a foul act Allah calls it fair he
shares in a foul
dirty act why sir a Sevilla its pathway
will only lead to harm I'm going to take
that pathway it'll lead you to a bad end
it has no pathway of a good end no good
pathway you have to come back it's like
when you're on the freeway and you lose
your exit you keep going you keep going
where are you going you're going to end
up further and further away it's a lost
end you've got to turn back and take the
correct exit similarly while at the club
don't come even near zina and it's
analyze it for a minute zina adultery
fornication it can be done while a
person is married or when a person is
single the punishment for when you are
married is worse than the punishment
when you are single but they are both
major sins they are both terrible
punishments in this world and also in
the hereafter but they repent in this
world then a last man that forgives them
but if they don't repent from it and
they die on that sin and a lot of work
about the punishments are horrendous
this is a warning from Allah in order to
guard our chastity guard our morals
guard our family guard our society our
community Islam is a holistic approach
if a Muslim fits within this system for
the others giving looking after the
society the community the young and the
old everybody we on the other hand live
in a society a secular society in which
it's the individual everything's about
the individual myself you could see the
effect of a selfishness is beyond
measure beyond measure
some people assume don't come near
adultery means you can go out you can
fondle you can spend some time you can
do all that stuff but just don't do the
act of intercourse is what they think
you think that Allah said don't do that
if you analyze the verse Allah did not
say do not commit zina he said don't
come close to zina the difference
between doing and coming close to it so
sometimes when they have something
dangerous
they put fences and the fences are well
away from the danger area and then they
put signs and then if it's still
dangerous they block off the streets and
there's no streets near it the closer
you get the more danger it is so don't
come close to it Allah is telling us
don't come close to zina a look is
coming close a touch is coming close a
sweet word in the Haram and seclusion is
coming close a number a kiss all of
these things are coming close Allah says
what else is all as soon as you know
because once you come close to it your
honor on that pathway and that pathway
if you keep going on it your temptations
and your desires are going to continue
to hassle you going to continue to you
know provoke you they're going to
continue to urge you why does the most
why doesn't human being find it hard to
stop why do you keep going why is it
that it doesn't work for us when we say
it's okay I'll only go this far I'm not
going to go very far I'm not going to go
too deep and then suddenly you find
yourself deeper than what you thought in
the problem why why does this happen to
the human it is the nature of the
psychology of the human being which
Allah has created he knows at best and
for this reason he said dr. Abu don't
come close
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