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Originally Posted by IsaAbdullah  Im totally confused about things, this whole public and private matter.
like people would be allowed to commit adultry as long as they do it in a place that the people around them wouldnt be witnesses, so they can have like ***** houses and stuff |
No, as long as their immorality does not SPREAD to the rest of society and no one knows about it. The condition for witnesses is only for the Hadd (prescribed) punishment of stoning for an individual who commits adultery.
So of course no one would be allowed to run such houses, if the government finds out it would be shut down and severe discretionary (ta'zīr) punishments would be delivered to those involved.
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And people can be drunk as long as again noone sees them?
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Well if no one sees them, how can anyone catch them to punish them?
They are sinning for sure, but since they are keeping their sin a secret, Allah swt will punish them, not the Islamic state. If it becomes public that they drank alcohol then they will get the prescribed punishment of 40 lashes.
Here's something to think about - if you happen to see someone take a sip of alcohol and no one else saw them, you are actually encouraged not to make it public but conceal their sin so that Allah swt will conceal your sin on the Day of Judgement. However, you can still advise them and warn them to repent sincerely to Allah swt.
As for non-muslims, they can drink alcohol so long as they keep such substances amongst themselves and do not make them accessible to the public nor harm others in any way.
