Islam, on the other hand, comprehensively forbids fornication and adultery and everything that leads to it. I n Islam Fornication & adultery is considered as the tenth major sin, with extreme consequences for the individual and the society. The Almighty Allah (S.w.T.) It is considered such an abhorrent act , that it is mentioned immediately after “Shirk”- ascribing partner with Allah. He has also created a feeling of love and physical attraction between man and woman. The punishments vary from 100 lashes to stoning till death. The Arabic root of the word fornication (zina) is zana. These words clarify the Islamic point of view, which opposes all types of indecencies and carnal desires. The evil consequences of fornication and adultery . It means the sexual intercourse of a man and woman who are not married to each other from the front part of their bodies. Posted by ashshu • April 29, 2012 • Printer-friendly I want to know if masturbation, friendship with a non-mehram, masturbating to the voice and thoughts of a non-mehram are all a part or type of fornication? has created the sexual urge for continuation of the human race. The lexical meaning and term meaning of the word zina are the same. It shows that adultery is an indecent act and an evil way of satisfying the sexual urge. To fornicate means to have sexual intercourse with a woman that one is not married to. Is all this a type of Fornication? To prove an act of zina, a Qazi (religious judge) in a sharia court relies on an unmarried woman’s pregnancy, the confession in the Name of Allah, or four witnesses to the actual act of penetration.The last two types of prosecutions are uncommon; most prosecuted cases of zina in the history of Islam have been pregnant unmarried women.