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'''Zina''' (Arabic: الزنا‎ ) is the Arabic word for "unlawful sexual relations." It is used to refer to both [[adultery]] and fornication.
'''Zina''' (Arabic: الزنا‎ ) is the Arabic word for "unlawful sexual relations." Zina, according to [[Fiqh|traditional Islamic jurisprudence]], can include [[adultery]]<ref name="ill" /><ref name="shahnaz">{{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Shahnaz |title=Zina, Transnational Feminism, and the Moral Regulation of Pakistani Women |date=2011 |publisher=UBC Press |isbn=9780774841184 |page=8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9IfJl4J7MAgC&q=adultery+fornication+zina&pg=PA8 |accessdate=13 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Habeeb">{{cite book |last1=Akande |first1=Habeeb |title=A Taste of Honey: Sexuality and Erotology in Islam |date=2015 |publisher=Rabaah Publishers |isbn=9780957484511 |page=145 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XKyPCgAAQBAJ&q=adultery+fornication+zina&pg=PA145 |language=en}}</ref> (of married parties), fornication<ref name="ill" /><ref name="shahnaz" /><ref name="Habeeb" /> (of unmarried parties), [[prostitution]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Meri |first1=Josef W. |title=Medieval Islamic Civilization: L-Z, index |date=2006 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9780415966924 |page=646 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LaV-IGZ8VKIC&q=prostitution+zina&pg=PA646 |language=en}}</ref> [[Rape in Islamic Law|rape]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Elyse|last=Semerdjian|title=Zinah|encyclopedia=The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World|editor=John L. Esposito|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|year=2009|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195305135.001.0001/acref-9780195305135-e-0984|url-access=subscription|doi=10.1093/acref/9780195305135.001.0001|isbn=9780195305135}}</ref> sodomy<ref name="ill" /><ref name="sam" /> (in a heterosexual or [[homosexuality|homosexual]] context<ref name="hmy">{{cite web |author1=Mohd Izwan bin Md Yusof |author2=Muhd. Najib bin Abdul Kadir |author3=Mazlan bin Ibrahim |author4=Khader bin Ahmad |author5=Murshidi bin Mohd Noor |author6=Saiful Azhar bin Saadon |title=Hadith Sahih on Behaviour of LGBT |url=http://www.islam.gov.my/images/ePenerbitan/Hadis-hadis_Sahih_Berkaitan_Perlakuan_LGBT_BI.pdf |website=islam.gov.my |publisher=[[Government of Malaysia]] |accessdate=26 July 2019 |language=English}}</ref><ref name="sam">{{cite book |last1=Habib |first1=Samar |title=Islam and Homosexuality |date=2010 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9780313379031 |page=211 |edition= 1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9y_TyzK9_5oC&q=homosexuality+zina&pg=PA211 |accessdate=12 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>), incest,<ref name="clarke">{{cite book |last1=Clarke |first1=Morgan |title=Islam and New Kinship: Reproductive Technology and the Shariah in Lebanon |date=2009 |publisher=Berghahn Books |isbn=9781845454326 |page=41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MwreDKOTXM8C&q=incest+zina&pg=PA42 |accessdate=13 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Hashim">{{cite book |last1=Kamali |first1=Mohammad Hashim |title=Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: A Fresh Interpretation |date=2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780190910648 |page=94 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZNGaDwAAQBAJ&q=incest+zina&pg=PA94 |accessdate=13 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref> and bestiality.<ref name="ill">{{cite book |last1=Semerdjian |first1=Elyse |title="Off the Straight Path": Illicit Sex, Law, and Community in Ottoman Aleppo |date=2008 |publisher=Syracuse University Press |isbn=9780815651550 |page=53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cZzuBMnBKfUC&q=bestiality+zina&pg=PA53 |accessdate=13 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="law">{{cite book |last1=Ahmed |first1=Syed |title=Law relating to fornication (Zina) in the Islamic legal system: a comparative study |date=1999 |publisher=Andhra Legal Decisions |page=3,71,142 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N24mAQAAIAAJ&q=bestiality+zina |language=en}}</ref> Four witnesses are required to prove the offense.<ref>{{Cite book|first=R. |last= Peters | year= 2012 | title=Zinā or Zināʾ |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Islam| edition= 2nd|publisher=Brill |editor=P. Bearman |editor2=Th. Bianquis |editor3=C.E. Bosworth |editor4=E. van Donzel |editor5=W.P. Heinrichs|doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8168}}</ref>


The Islamic definition of Zina differs from the commonly used definition of "adultery" in English. The meaning also differs in relation to gender under traditional Islamic jurisprudence.
The Islamic definition of Zina differs from the commonly used definition of "adultery" in English. The meaning also differs in relation to gender under traditional Islamic jurisprudence.
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A Muslim woman can only have one husband at a time.  She may not have sex with her male slaves.<ref>[http://www.englishtafsir.com/Quran/23/index.html#sdfootnote7sym - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an (Quran 23:1-11, Footnote 7 #2)]</ref> She must have parental consent to the marriage. If not, sex between the couple is classed as adultery.<ref>''"It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that: 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)"'' - Ibn Majah Vol. 3, Book 9, Hadith 1882</ref> However, if a married woman is raped, she will be accused of ''zina'' and punished in modern times.
A Muslim woman can only have one husband at a time.  She may not have sex with her male slaves.<ref>[http://www.englishtafsir.com/Quran/23/index.html#sdfootnote7sym - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an (Quran 23:1-11, Footnote 7 #2)]</ref> She must have parental consent to the marriage. If not, sex between the couple is classed as adultery.<ref>''"It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that: 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)"'' - Ibn Majah Vol. 3, Book 9, Hadith 1882</ref>
==Zina ordinance of Pakistan==


The Zina Ordinance of Pakistan prohibits sexual activities, including rape (''zina bil jabr''), considered religious offenses, subject to different standards of evidence and punishment and the appellate jurisdiction of Islamic higher courts but inconsistent rulings by the courts, and gender bias in the criminal justice system makes it extraordinarily difficult for rape victims to get justice and continues to leave them vulnerable to wrongful prosecution for adultery or fornication.<ref>{{cite web|year=1999|title=The State response to violence against Women|https://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/pakistan/Pakhtml-06.htm|publisher=HRW}}</ref>
However, in Saudi Arabia today, if a married woman is raped, she may be be accused of ''zina'' (adultery) and punished .<ref>{{cite web |year=2007 |title=Saudi Arabia: Rape Victim Punished for Speaking Out |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2007/11/15/saudi-arabia-rape-victim-punished-speaking-out/|publisher=HRW}}</ref>
 
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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