According to Islam, adultery is a violation of a marital contract and
one of the major sins. In Islam; adultery includes both pre-marital and
extramarital sex. Fornication and adultery are both included in the
Arabic word ''Zina''. As they
belong primarily to the same category of
crimes, entail the same
social implications and have the same effects
on the spiritual personality of a
human being, both, in principle, have
been given the same status by the Qur''an.The Prophet Muhammad (s)had
stated that the punishment of stoning to
death is perscribed for a
married person."Do not go near to adultery. Surely it is a shameful deed and
evil, opening roads (to other evils)" (Quran 17:32)."Say,
''Verily, my Lord has prohibited the shameful deeds, be it open or
secret, sins and trespasses against the truth and
reason"'' (Quran 7:33)."Women
impure are for men impure, and men impure are for women impure and
women of purity are for men of purity, and men of purity are for women
of purity." (Quran 24:26)In Pakistan, adultery has been
criminalized by a law called the Hudood Ordinance, which specifies a
maximum penalty of death, although only imprisonment and corporal
punishment have ever actually been used. It has been particularly
controversial because a woman making an accusation of rape must provide
extremely strong evidence to avoid being charged under it herself. The
same kinds of laws have been in effect in some other Muslim countries,
such as Saudi Arabia. However, in recent years high-profile rape cases
in Pakistan have given the Hudood Ordinance more exposure than similar
laws in other countries. Conviction isn''t possible without four
witnesses though.Adultery is a capital offence, punishable by
stoning, under Iran''s Islamic law. Nowadays, Iranian officials are
banning stoning because of social objections.Proving Adultery
under Islam Law can be a very difficult task for Islamic law requires
of the accuser to produce Four eye witnesses to the actual act of
sexual intercourse and each of these four eye witnesses should have
good reputation with truthfulness and honesty.
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