Will an adulterer be deprived of al-hoor al-‘ayn? What is the meaning of the hadeeth “Whoever commits adultery, the same will be done to him (i.e., his womenfolk)”?

 

If a man commits zina then repents, will he be deprived of al-hoor al-‘ayn in the Hereafter? And what is the meaning of the phrase “the same will be done to him (i.e., his womenfolk), even within the walls of his house?” If that refers to his mahrams.

Praise be to Allaah.
 

 

If an adulterer or anyone else who has committed a sin
repents sincerely, Allaah will accept his repentance and expiate for his bad
deeds, as is indicated by a great deal of evidence in the Qur’aan and
Sunnah. For example, Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): 

“Say: O ‘Ibaadi (My
slaves) who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds
and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allaah, verily, Allaah forgives all
sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful”

[al-Zumar 39:53] 

Indeed, if his repentance is good, his bad deeds may be
replaced with good, by the immense grace and mercy of Allaah, as Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning): 

“And those who invoke not
any other ilaah (god) along with Allaah, nor kill such person as Allaah has
forbidden, except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse
and whoever does this shall receive the punishment.

The torment will be
doubled to him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein in
disgrace;

Except those who repent
and believe (in Islamic Monotheism), and do righteous deeds; for those,
Allaah will change their sins into good deeds, and Allaah is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful”

[al-Furqaan 25:68-70] 

What is implied by the forgiveness of Allaah and His
acceptance of repentance is that He will not punish him. 

But if a person persists in committing zina and does not
repent from it, then it is proven that such a person will suffer different
kinds of punishment, in this world, in the grave and in the Hereafter. We do
not find any text that states that he will be deprived of al-hoor al-‘ayn,
but some of the scholars have reached this conclusion by analogy with the
proven warning concerning one who dies without repenting from drinking wine,
who will not drink it in the Hereafter; and one who does not repent from
wearing silk in this world, who will not wear it in the Hereafter. 

Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) listed the
punishments that will befall the one who commits zina, if he does not
repent:

 “He exposes himself to missing out on the enjoyment of
al-hoor al-‘ayn in the blessed abode of the Paradise of ‘Aden (the Garden of
Eden). For Allaah will punish the one who wears silk in this world by
depriving him of it on the Day of Resurrection; and He will punish the one
who drinks wine in this world by depriving him of it on the Day of
Resurrection; so by the same token He will punish the one who enjoyed haraam
intimacy in this world. Indeed, everything of haraam things that a person
enjoyed in this world, he will be deprived of its legitimate counterpart in
the Hereafter.” 

(Rawdat al-Muhibbeen by Ibn al-Qayyim, 365-368) 

With regard to the hadeeth which says that the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said “Whoever commits adultery,
the same will be done to him (i.e., his womenfolk), even within the walls of
his house”, this is a fabricated (mawdoo’) hadeeth, as was stated by
al-Suyooti and Ibn ‘Arraaq, and by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Da’eefah,
2/155. 

Based on that, there is no point to your
objection. Even if the hadeeth were saheeh, it could be interpreted in a
sound manner, which is that a man who commits zina and persists in it is one
of the immoral and corrupt, and this corruption will have an effect on his
family, because it will influence his family and make them corrupt as well.
If the head of the household is careless about his own attitude, he will be
even more careless about his family, and he will not discipline them to
follow their religion properly. As a result, it is not unlikely that they
will fall into the same sins as he did, because their faith is weak. In fact
there are many stories from real life which point to such cases. This is one
of the punishments which are hastened in this world, by means of which
Allaah punishes those who violate  the honour of the Muslims, so Allaah
causes their honour to be violated in turn, as a fitting punishment. Allaah
does whatsoever He wills, in accordance with the utmost wisdom and perfect
justice, and He is never unjust towards anyone. He is not to be questioned
as to what He does, and He is the Most Wise, All-Knowing.

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