Explaining Islam in Light of the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ‎)

Punishment for Males and Females in the Case of Adultery

Question What is punishment for adultery? Is there any difference in the punishment of males and females in the case of adultery? Answer Adultery, by definition, means “voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and somebody who is not that person’s husband or wife”. In relation to adultery, the term used by the Qur’an , […]

Punishments and Social Justice

Question Are the punishments in an Islamic society dependent on having a just society? In other words, if a person is stealing because they have nothing to eat, is the punishment the same? Or say the case with prostitutes who are in this immoral line of work simply because they need to make money to […]

Stoning to Death

Question The issue of stoning to death is an interesting one. One always begins to think whether one is being arrogant by assuming that this is cruel, because only Allah knows best. To my knowledge, stoning is not mentioned in the Qur’an. However, the following hadiths mention it and I was wondering if you could […]

The Punishment For Zina (Fornication)

Question Recently it was discussed whether stoning was a part of Islam and the Qur’an.  To my knowledge, stoning is no where in the Qur’an and the injunction is for lashes instead.  However, the result of 100 lashes seems to be death.  Is this what the punishment for zina is in a more subtle manner? […]

Women’s Witness

Question If Islam says that it gives equal rights to women, why then are women half a witness as compared to men? Don’t say here that women were not powered at that time as Hadhrat Khatija (ra) was a very successful woman in that society. Answer Islam does not say that it gives equal rights […]