Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Honor Killing: Difference between revisions

Needed some balance + removed suggestion that because a woman who arranges her own marriage is an adulteress (zaniyah is the word used), that she should be stoned. The punishment in fact would be flogging for fornication not stoning.
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Honor killing has occured in many cultures, and is the murder by family members, usually of females, who are perceived to have brought shame on the family. Common triggers for honour killing occur when young couples have unmarried relations with each other, or when a woman marries someone against the wishes of her parents.
In Islam, there is no punishment merely for the shame caused upon a family by their female relations, nor to restore family honor by killing them. There are, however, punishments for various types of [[w:Zina|Zina]] (unlawful sexual relations) in Islam. Zina includes both fornication (when they are unmarried), for which the punishment is flogging, and adultery (when they are married, but not to each other), for which the punishment is death by stoning.
Honour killing has been condemned in a recent fatwa<ref>[https://islamqa.info/en/101972 Fatwa 101972 Ruling on honour killing]</ref>, which says that the punishment for fornication by the unmarried is flogging, and must be carried out by the proper authorities.
There are some related topics that occur in Islamic sources, as listed below.
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==Qur'an==
==Qur'an==


===Boy murdered for the fear of dishonoring religious parents by rebelling and showing ingratitude towards Allah===
===Boy murdered to prevent grieving his parents by his obstinate rebellion and ingratitude===


{{Quote|{{Quran-range|18|60|82}}|60. Behold, Moses said to his attendant, "I will not give up until I reach the junction of the two seas or (until) I spend years and years in travel."  
{{Quote|{{Quran-range|18|60|82}}|60. Behold, Moses said to his attendant, "I will not give up until I reach the junction of the two seas or (until) I spend years and years in travel."  
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==Hadith==
==Hadith==


===Females who arrange their own marriages are adulteresses===
===A female who arranges her own marriage is a Zaniyah (commits unlawful sexual relations)===


{{Quote|{{Ibn Majah|9|3|9|1882}}|It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that:
{{Quote|{{Ibn Majah|9|3|9|1882}}|It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that:
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the Messenger of Allah said: “No woman should arrange the marriage of another woman, and no woman should arrange her own marriage. '''The adulteress is the one who arranges her own marriage'''.” (Sahih)}}
the Messenger of Allah said: “No woman should arrange the marriage of another woman, and no woman should arrange her own marriage. '''The adulteress is the one who arranges her own marriage'''.” (Sahih)}}


====Adulteresses must be stoned to death====
===Punishments by stoning for adultery between a married person and someone who they are not married to===
 
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|2|23|413}}|Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar : The Jew brought to the Prophet a man and a woman from amongst them who have committed (adultery) illegal sexual intercourse. '''He ordered both of them to be stoned (to death)''', near the place of offering the funeral prayers beside the mosque."}}


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|3|34|421}}|Narrated 'Aisha: Sad bin Abi Waqqas and 'Abu bin Zam'a quarreled over a boy. Sad said, "O Allah's Apostle! This boy is the son of my brother ('Utba bin Abi Waqqas) who took a promise from me that I would take him as he was his (illegal) son. Look at him and see whom he resembles." 'Abu bin Zam'a said, "O Allah's Apostle! This is my brother and was born on my father's bed from his slave-girl." Allah's Apostle cast a look at the boy and found definite resemblance to 'Utba and then said, "The boy is for you, O 'Abu bin Zam'a. The child goes to the owner of the bed and '''the adulterer gets nothing but the stones''' (despair, i.e. to be stoned to death). Then the Prophet said, "O Sauda bint Zama! Screen yourself from this boy." So, Sauda never saw him again.}}
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|3|34|421}}|Narrated 'Aisha: Sad bin Abi Waqqas and 'Abu bin Zam'a quarreled over a boy. Sad said, "O Allah's Apostle! This boy is the son of my brother ('Utba bin Abi Waqqas) who took a promise from me that I would take him as he was his (illegal) son. Look at him and see whom he resembles." 'Abu bin Zam'a said, "O Allah's Apostle! This is my brother and was born on my father's bed from his slave-girl." Allah's Apostle cast a look at the boy and found definite resemblance to 'Utba and then said, "The boy is for you, O 'Abu bin Zam'a. The child goes to the owner of the bed and '''the adulterer gets nothing but the stones''' (despair, i.e. to be stoned to death). Then the Prophet said, "O Sauda bint Zama! Screen yourself from this boy." So, Sauda never saw him again.}}
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