Practical Sharia - VIII.

Punishment for adultery, Iran.

Guess what they are about to do.

Picture from Atlas Shrugs.

Question [#14312]:

Is it permissible to execute a married adulterer by some method other than stoning, such as killing him with a sword or by shooting him?. [sic]

Answer :

Praise be to Allaah.

It is essential to stone the married adulterer until he dies, following the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), as it is proven that he said that, did it and enjoined it. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) stoned Maa’iz, the Juhani woman, the Ghaamidi woman, and the two Jews. All of that is proven in saheeh ahaadeeth narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).

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Based on this, it is not permissible to replace stoning with killing by the sword or shooting, because stoning is a more severe punishment and a more effective deterrent to the sin of zina, which is the most grave sin after shirk and killing a soul whom Allaah has forbidden us to kill. The hadd punishment of stoning for a married person who commits zina is one of the matters that is determined by the Qur’aan and Sunnah and there is no room for ijtihaad or personal opinion.

Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 22/48-49. (http://www.islam-qa.com/)

Islam Q & A (emphasis added).

There it is, Pilgrims. Authoritative guidance on how to dispatch Mrs. Faruk and Mr. Sayid.

I hated it so when things were up in the air and all. Man alive, this is a one religion to die for.

It's pretty rich when you think about it. The man who started all this stoning for adultery business wasn't above taking the wife of one of his followers after making it abundantly clear to her husband it would be in his interest to divorce her. Not to mention taking the wife of the man he'd just had slaughtered.

Yes, this is a man who believed in the sanctity of marriage, unless it interfered with his own personal pleasure.

Note, in closing, how the guidance on stoning some souls to death is strangely silent on the issue of who is going to get the festivities underway and who gets to do it. Do we have any kind of a religious leader making the decision to go ahead? Taking any responsibility? Or is there just a spontaneous taking up of rocks by the closest registered voters after the mob decides what the facts are? How do the mechanics of this barbaric, medieval proceeding get handled?

And heaven forbid that such a practice -- with its origins in backward, pig ignorant, desert tribal society -- should ever @#$% be CHANGED or anything. Holy Lex Talonis. Not that!

Wahhabism's gift to the world. Alive and well, regnant, and resplendent in Saudi Arabia and Iran.