Word of the Holy Prophet
deemed to be supreme law
Islam does not endorse pre-marriage sex (verse 17:32). It is a punishable offence and bans their marriage with such people who are not like them. Verse No. 17/32 reads: “And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way”. The Prophet Muhammad (SM) said no male and no female, who are forbidden to each other, should sit, or travel together. No female is permitted to go to Mecca to perform Hajj if she does not find any man, with whom marriage is unlawful, to accompany her (verse-24:3).
About duties of women in the battlefield, we may quote a Hadith from the Bukhari Sharif narrated by Hazrat Rubaiye binte Muttalib and Rubai binte Muazzem. It reads: “We used to go to war with the Prophet Muhammad. We gave water to the soldiers, served the injured among them, without touching their bodies, and arranged to send the dead warriors to their respective homes.” Unfortunately, in the ongoing war in Iraq and Syria, the women are reportedly being used as war-aide in a controversial way. It is mostly alleged in the western press who are otherwise always ready to set defame or demean Islam. These embedded journalists often tell stories, not facts or the actual happenings on the spot(s).
The Prophet said, such persons will be thrown into the hell fire. For a true Muslim, the warning of the Holy Prophet is a supreme law to obey.
Ameer Hamzah
Dhaka.
