The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: ‘Fornication is a very big sin among major sins and the one who commits fornication will remain under the curse of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, His angels and all human beings until the Day of Judgement. And, if he repents, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will accept his repentance.’

(Bahr-ud-Dumu’ li Ibn Jawzi, pp. 165)

Remember! Fornication does not only mean that a man and a woman establish unlawful physical relationship and commit indecency, but various sins committed by a person through his eyes, ears, tongue, hands and feet have also been declared as fornication in the blessed Hadees. As the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: ‘Fornication of eyes is unlawful gazing.’ (Sahih Bukhari, vol. 4, pp. 169, Hadees 6243)

Similarly, it is mentioned in another blessed Hadees that ‘fornication of the eyes is to see, fornication of the ears is to listen, fornication of the tongue is to speak, fornication of the hand is to touch and fornication of the foot is to walk with it.’ (Muslim, pp. 1095, Hadees 6753)

Therefore, we should always use our eyes, ears, tongue, hands, feet and other body parts, which are certainly great blessings of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, in the obedience to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. We should never use these body parts in committing fornication of any type because fornication [of any type] is a cause of the displeasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and His Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, as well as for the lack of sustenance.

In this relation, let us listen to 3 blessed sayings of the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم:

1. The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: ‘الزِّنَا يُوْرِثُ الْفَقْر’, i.e. Fornication is a cause of poverty. (Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 4, pp. 363, Hadees 5417)

2. The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has said: I have decided that I will make the fornicator poor [dependent upon others], even if it is after a short period of time. (Bahr-ud-Dumu’ li Ibn Jawzi, pp. 166)