Verily, Allah the Exalted has decreed for the Son of Adam his share of Zina and he will certainly earn his share. The Zina of the eye is by looking, the Zina of the tongue is by talking and the heart wishes and lusts, but the sexual organ either substantiates all this or not."
This Hadith is recorded in the Two Sahihs.
Ibn Jarir recorded that Ibn Mas`ud said,
"The eyes commit Zina by looking, the lips by kissing, the hands by transgressing, the feet by walking, and the sexual organ either materializes all of this or not. When one commits sexual intercourse, he will be someone who committed Zina. Otherwise, it is Al-Lamam."
Masruq and Ash-Sha`bi also held the same view.
Abdur-Rahman bin Nafi`, who is also known as Ibn Lubabah At-Ta'ifi, said,
"I asked Abu Hurayrah about Allah's statement,
إِلاَّ اللَّمَمَ
(except the Lamam), and he said,
`It pertains to kissing, winking one's eye, looking and embracing. When the sexual organ meets the sexual organ in intercourse then Ghusl is obligatory, and that is Zina."
Encouraging Repentance and forbidding Claims of Purity for Oneself
Allah's statement,
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ
verily, your Lord is of vast forgiveness.
asserts that His Mercy encompasses everything, and His forgiveness entails every type of sin, if one repents,
"O My servants who have transgressed against them- selves! Despair not of the mercy of Allah:verily, Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (39:53)
He knows you well when He created you from the earth,
Allah says,
`He was and still is the All-Knowing Whose knowledge encompasses your affairs, statements and all of the actions that will be committed by you, even when He created your father Adam from the earth and took his offspring from his loin, as small as ants. He then divided them into two groups, a group destined for Paradise and a group to Hellfire,'
Have you not seen those who claim sanctity for themselves. Nay, but Allah sanctifies whom He wills, and they will not be dealt with unjustly, even equal to the extent of a Fatil. (4:49)
In his Sahih, Muslim recorded that Muhammad bin `Amr bin `Ata said,
"I called my daughter, Barrah (the pious one), and Zaynab bint Abu Salamah said to me, `The Messenger of Allah forbade using this name. I was originally called Barrah and he said,
Woe to you, you have cut off the neck of your friend! (He repeated this), If one of you must praise a friend of his, let him say,
"I think that so-and-so is this and that; Allah knows best about him and I will never purify anyone before Allah,"
if he knows his friend to be as he is describing him."
Al-Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah collected this Hadith.
Imam Ahmad recorded that Hammam bin Al-Harith said,
"A man came before Uthman bin Affan and praised him. Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad started throwing sand in the face of that man, saying, `The Messenger of Allah ordered us to throw sand in their faces when we see those who praise."'
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