Can You Pray After Zina? This Is the Explanation! - Guidelines Islamic Law

Prayer After Zina

Can You Pray After Zina? ~ Now, perhaps one of the things that is often on the minds of Muslims who have committed this grave sin is; can they pray after Zina? I guess that is a logical question because a person will feel very guilty if he has sinned.

In relation to the above question, before I explain the answer, I will quote two verses of the Quran and two hadiths that describe sin in general.

Quran and Hadith About Prayer After Zina

The two verses of the Quran and the two hadiths that I mean are as follows;

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يَقۡبَلُ ٱلتَّوۡبَةَ عَنۡ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَعۡفُواْ عَنِ ٱلسَّيِّئَاتِ وَيَعۡلَمُ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ ٢٥

And He it is Who accepts repentance from His servants and pardons the evil deeds and He knows what you do. (Ash-Shuraa [42]; 25).

أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ يَقۡبَلُ ٱلتَّوۡبَةَ عَنۡ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَأۡخُذُ ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٠٤

Do they not know that Allah accepts repentance from His servants and takes the alms, and that Allah is the Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful? (At-Taubah [9]; 104).

The two hadiths that explain sin I mean are as follows;

عَنْ أَبِيْ هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ ؛ قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؛ مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا ، تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ . رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ

From Abu Hurairah, he said, "Allah's Messenger sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam said, "Whoever repents before sunrise to sunset, then Allah must accept his repentance." This hadith is narrated by Muslim.

عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ ؛ كُلُّ ابْنِ آدَمَ خَطَّاءٌ ، وَخَيْرُ الْخَطَّائِيْنَ التَّوَّابُوْنَ . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ

From Anas, that the Prophet (Muhammad) sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam said, “All the descendants of Adam are guilty and the best of those who are guilty are those who repent.” The hadith is narrated by at-Tirmidhi.

Readers all! It is true that the two verses of the Quran and the two hadiths above do not specifically talk about Zina, but about repentance. Even so, we know that Zina is a grave sin that we must avoid. And, if a Muslim has done that, then he must repent.

Regarding with the question above, "Are they allowed to pray after Zina?", Of course the answer is "yes", even they are strongly encouraged to always perform obligatory prayers, such as Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isa, Fajr, and prayers. sunnah (recommended), such as Tahajud, Witr, Dhuha, and so on, especially Taubat prayer. Repentance Prayer is very important because it is a proof of someone's seriousness to erase the sins he has committed.

We can perform this Taubat prayer like any other prayer. It's just that the number of rakats is two. But we can do that several times a day. The more often we do that, the better it will be for us.

The intentions to perform the Taubat prayer are as follows;

أُصَلِّيْ سُنَّةَ التَّوْبَةِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةِ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى

I intend to perform sunnah prayer repenting two rak'ahs because of Allah Taala.

After performing the Taubat prayer, we are strongly encouraged to read as much Istighfar and Salawat as possible. I think you already know why reading Istighfar is very important to wash away sins. I won't talk much about that again here. As for the reason why reading Salawat is very important to wash away sins, to be honest, Salawat is one of the prayers that we should read every day, especially on Fridays.

We can find the virtue of reciting Salawat on Friday in some of the hadiths below;

قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ لَمْ يَمُتْ حَتَّى يَرَى مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ

The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said, "Whoever reads Salawat to me on Friday a thousand times, he will not die until he sees his place in Heaven."

عَنْ أَبِيْ ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ غُفِرَتْ لَهُ ذُنُوْبُ مِائَتَى عَامٍ

From Abu Dzarr radliyallahu anhu, he said, "The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said, "Whoever reads Salawat to me on Friday, all his sins which he has committed for two hundred years will be forgiven."

Readers all! That is a short explanation of "can you pray after Zina?" Do you guys understand? If you have any questions, please ask!

I think that's all for this article. May be useful! Amen!

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