Disowning Honor

About the seventeen-year old girl of Swat; if she was innocent of committing Zina, Allah Subhaan'o wa Ta'ala himself Speaks out the punishment against the perpetrators as follows,

"Those who accuse a chaste woman of fornication and do not produce four witnesses to support their allegation, shall be flogged with eighty lashes and their testimony shall not be accepted ever after, for they are the ones who are wicked transgressors."

It would not just stop at this. The Islamic Jurist would probably sentence some further punishment as well because the above punishment is simply upon verbal accusation, while this girl was even punished upon the accusation.

However, if the girl has truly committed Zina, then also Allah Subhaan'o wa Ta'ala himself Speaks out her punishment as well, as follows,

"As for the fornicatoress and the fornicator (a female and a male guilty of illegal sex), flog each female and a male guilty of illegal sex one hundred lashes and do not take pity in enforcing the law ordained by Allah, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day, and let a party of the believers witness their punishment."

A point to be noted here is that if the accused pair admit the crime or the woman is found pregnant, the need for four witnesses is no longer there.

Islam has pampered woman a lot.

Prophet Muhammed SAW said,
"Give equal to your children. If I had it upon me, I would give more to the daughters, but Allah SWT says to give equally (i.e. love, attention, education, gifts, things)"

A woman is free from the responsibility of bread-winning in her entire life. She has the right to independent money and inheritance while she does not have the responsibility of spending. She does not have any chore as her responsibility (Surprised?). She is asked to cover her beauty so that other 'women' are not faced with competition and the possibility of extra-marital affairs is exempted, again a protection for women themselves. She is asked to obey her husband so that the consequence of any mishap is not made her responsibility. The husband is bound to feed her, cloth her, shelter her, to the best his finances allow him. The husband is instructed to maintain her in the lifestyle she was used to in her parents’ home. The husband is encouraged to entertain her to keep her happy.

Prophet Muhammed SAW said,
"The best among you is one who is good to his wife"

and he said,
"This world is 'Mata', and the best part of it is a good wife"

After all this pampering and protection, if a woman exhibits ungratefulness and crosses protective boundaries and ends up committing Zina, she incurs upon herself the Anger of Allah SWT.

And why should not Allah SWT be angry with her? He made life so indulging and protective for her, but she chose to cross the protective boundaries and choose the hard way and the indecent way.

When she rejected Allah SWT's protection, Allah SWT no longer protects her either. Hence, she is lashed and stoned in public, and is no longer entitled to the special treatment of being a woman.