Television As An Agent Of Zina (Fornication)

Television As An Agent Of Zina (Fornication)

Allah (SWT) says in the Quran:

"And come not near to the unlawful sexual intercourse…" (Al-Isra 17:32)

The words, COME NOT NEAR, means: STAY AWAY FROM ALL such things and practices which LEAD TO zina - which are stepping-stones to fornication.

ALL practices, things and institutions which aid and foster fornication and immodesty are FORBIDDEN by Islam. There are different categories of this abominable crime of zina. The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said:

"The zina of the eyes is the gaze (at that which is unlawful e.g. nudity); the zina of the ears is to listen (to talks of nudity which excites the carnal desires); the zina of the tongue is to speak (what is evil); the zina of the hand is to touch (the female which is unlawful to man e.g. anyone other than blood mother, blood sister, blood aunt, blood daughter, wife); the zina of the feet is to walk (towards immorality); the zina of the heart is to desire (what is unlawful), and it is the private parts which either commits or shuns the actual act of fornication." (Muslim)

In this Hadith, The Messenger of Allah (SAW) speaks of the zina committed by the various parts of the human body. Thus, to look at the nudity and evil portrayed on the television screen constitutes the zina of the eyes. To listen to the immodest and illicit sex talks of the television is zina of the ears. Lust which is aroused by the display, discussion of nudity and lustfulness and perversion on the TV screen constitutes the zina of the heart.

Television, therefore, is without any doubt a powerful agent and a stepping-stone for fornication.

We find today the WHOLE family - father, mother, sons, and daughters - sitting HUDDLED TOGETHER around the TV screen. TOGETHER, in a display of STARK SHAMELESSNESS, the WHOLE family is committing ZINA of the EYES, ZINA of the EARS, and ZINA of the HEART, and Allah alone knows how many MULTITUDES of men and women indulged in the final act of fornication as a result of watching and being aroused by the evil on the TV screen…

Islam lays GREAT emphasis on modesty, so much so, that our Prophet (SAW) said,

"Modesty is a part of Imaan (faith)." [At-Tirmidhee. It was declared authentic by Al-Albaanee (ra) in Saheeh Sunan at-Tirmidhee)

But TV with its emphasis on illicit, depraved and brutal immorality is the very negation of the Islamic concept of modesty and shame. Mother, father, and children TOGETHER viewing the zina - the fornication and vice (wickedness) on the TV screen. What is now left of humanity? May Allah (SWT) protect us and our children from the FILTH and CORRUPTION of the western world sunk in perversion and immorality. Ameen!!!

Allah (SWT) says:

"This Day, We shall seal up their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their legs will bear witness to what they used to earn. [It is said that one’s left thigh will be the first to bear the witness. (Tafsir At-Tabari)] (Ya-Sin 26:65)