(Question) Some people,even Muslims, are of the opinion that clothes(worn by ladies) are not a factor considered by a rapist before he rapes? The “miniskirts” aren’t a problem. If it was so,then why are innocent babies and children raped? Why are Burkha clad ladies preyed upon?
Answer.
الحمد لله و الصلاة و السلام على رسول الله…
Such people want to depict that clothes aren’t a factor in rapes,but the fact is the opposite.
Naturally men get exited at the sight of a scantily clad lady. Such a lady attracts them. That is why you have ladies with the bare minimum amount of clothes used in cheap soap operas and ads.
Then why do beastly men prey on babies,kids and burkha clad ladies?
The rapist was already being brainwashed by *”the miniskirt model”* from the porn industry which desensitizes the human value for women and the film industry which constantly uses the feminine flesh to promote their scripts.
Now, when the beast(rapist) is hungry after the flood of nakedness he has seen, he turns to the easiest prey available.And that is in the form of babies and children who can’t fight back or the average burkha clad lady who crosses his path. For the beast at his moment of excitement, and old grandma would also suffice.
That is why Islam prescribes The Hijab, and Hijab (appropriate defined covering for women (and men)) is to protect women from molestation.
(Read Quran 24:31,32 and 33:59)
Another factor that emboldens a rapist is the slow law and order machinery which takes times to process and prosecute the criminal,and even if the long queued procedure is over,the laws are not stringent enough to deter the rapist.
The Islamic Shariah’s holistic take on solving these issues:
1. Hijab of the men and women.
Read: https://islamqa.info/en/13998
2. Ample punishment for the rapist.
(See islamqa.com)
100 lashes for the unmarried man and stoning to death for the married rapist, a basic rape without the use of kidnapping or weapons.
3. Swift punishment for rape.
In Jami` at-Tirmidhi,Hadith no:1454, in summary, a lady in the era of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was raped before dawn,and as soon as the culprit was caught,he was stoned to death.The lady wasn’t punished here and let frew.
Many disbelievers wrongly claim that Islam wrongly punishes the rape victim,this is a false claim as is proved in the Hadith above.
[Hadith are recorded statements, actions and approved actions by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ ]
(Read the entire Hadith from sunnah.com)
4. If the rapist (married or unmarried) used a weapon to threaten the lady before rape,i.e.on gunpoint or using a knife then according to the majority of the scholars of Islam,he is to be put to death for the rape and terrorism.
Quran: “The recompense of those who wage war against Allaah and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off from opposite sides, or be exiled from the land. That is their disgrace in this world, and a great torment is theirs in the Hereafter”
[al-Maa’idah 5:33]
Some of the options presented in the verse above:
♤Execution
♤Crucifixion
♤Hands and feet should be cut from the opposite sides
♤Be exiled from his land (nation)
https://islamqa.info/en/41682
As an additonal benefit let me address some issues:
5. If someone rapes an animal he is put to death.
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “If you find that someone has had intercourse with an animal, kill him and kill the animal too.” Narrated by Abu Dawood (4464) and at-Tirmidhi (1455)
6. If a man rapes another man or boy he is subjected to the punishment of a homosexual and he is killed.
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whomever you find doing the actions of the people of Lut then kill the one doing it, and the one it is done to.”
(Tirmidhi,1456)
The above Hadith is about two homosexual practicing homosexuality with mutual consent,in that case both are killed.But if a person is forced into it,then he isn’t punished.Refer to the Hadith above when the woman was raped.
So The Islamic Shariah(The Quran and The Sunnah(traditions of The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ )) with its boundaries and punishments is the best solution for not only rape but all the problems for humanity at large.
We ask Allah,The Almighty God, to make this beneficial for us.And guide the readers to be better Muslims and if the readers are disbelievers we ask Allah to guide them to accept Islam. Aameen.
-A compilation by Abu Muaaz Mohammed Manna, Friday 27th Rajab 1439H
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