Editing Chastity (section)

=== Islam ===

====Quran====
The most famous personal example of chastity in the Quran is the [[Mary in Islam|Virgin Mary (Mariam)]]:

{{Blockquote|text=And ˹remember˺ the one who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into her through Our angel, ˹Gabriel,˺ making her and her son a sign for all peoples.|author={{Qref|21|91|c=y}}}}

{{Blockquote|text=screening herself off from them. Then We sent to her Our angel, ˹Gabriel,˺ appearing before her as a man, perfectly formed. She appealed, “I truly seek refuge in the Most Compassionate from you! ˹So leave me alone˺ if you are God-fearing.” He responded, “I am only a messenger from your Lord, ˹sent˺ to bless you with a pure son.” She wondered, “How can I have a son when no man has ever touched me, nor am I unchaste?”|author={{Qref|19|17–20|c=y}}}}

Extramarital sex is forbidden. The Quran says:

{{Blockquote|text=Do not go near adultery. It is truly a shameful deed and an evil way.|author={{Qref|17|32|c=y}}}}

{{Blockquote|text=˹They are˺ those who do not invoke any other god besides Allah, nor take a ˹human˺ life—made sacred by Allah—except with ˹legal˺ right, nor commit fornication. And whoever does ˹any of˺ this will face the penalty. Their punishment will be multiplied on the Day of Judgment, and they will remain in it forever, in disgrace. As for those who repent, believe, and do good deeds, they are the ones whose evil deeds Allah will change into good deeds. For Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.|author={{Qref|25|68–70|c=y}}}}

In a list of commendable deeds the Quran says:

{{Blockquote|text=Surely ˹for˺ Muslim men and women, believing men and women, devout men and women, truthful men and women, patient men and women, humble men and women, charitable men and women, fasting men and women, men and women who guard their chastity, and men and women who remember Allah often—for ˹all of˺ them Allah has prepared forgiveness and a great reward.|author={{Qref|33|35|c=y}}}}

Because the sex desire is usually attained before a man is financially capable of marriage, the love to God and mindfulness of Him should be sufficient motive for chastity:

{{Blockquote|text=And let those who do not have the means to marry keep themselves chaste until Allah enriches them out of His bounty. And if any of those ˹bondspeople˺ in your possession desires a deed of emancipation, make it possible for them, if you find goodness in them. And give them some of Allah’s wealth which He has granted you. Do not force your ˹slave˺ girls into prostitution for your own worldly gains while they wish to remain chaste. And if someone coerces them, then after such a coercion Allah is certainly All-Forgiving, Most Merciful ˹to them˺.|author={{Qref|24|33|c=y}}}}

====Sharia (Law)====
Chastity is mandatory in Islam. Sex outside legitimacy is prohibited, for both men and women, whether married or unmarried. The injunctions and forbiddings in Islam apply equally to men and women. The legal punishment for adultery is equal for men and women.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mvelo |first1=Ngema, Nqobizwe |last2=Desan |first2=Iyer |date=2023-03-02 |title=Penalty for Committing Fornication & Adultery (Zina) in Islamic Law as a Violation of Freedom from Torture |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4376178 |url-status=live |journal=OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development |language=en |volume=15 |issue=6 |pages=11–18 |ssrn=4376178 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231030124535/https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4376178 |archive-date=2023-10-30 |via=ELSEVIER}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-01 |title=Sentencing adulterers to death |url=https://islamonline.net/en/sentencing-adulterers-to-death/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=IslamOnline |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Surah An-Nur - 2-12 |url=https://quran.com/en/an-nur/2-12 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=Quran.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sahih Muslim 1690a - The Book of Legal Punishments - كتاب الحدود - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم) |url=https://sunnah.com/muslim:1690a |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=sunnah.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sahih Muslim 1695b - The Book of Legal Punishments - كتاب الحدود - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم) |url=https://sunnah.com/muslim:1695b |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=sunnah.com}}</ref> 

The prophet's prescription to the youth was:
{{Blockquote|text="O young people! Whoever among you can marry, should marry, because it helps him lower his gaze and guard his modesty (i.e. his private parts from committing illegal sexual intercourse etc.), and whoever is not able to marry, should fast, as fasting diminishes his sexual power."|author={{Href|bukhari|5066|b=yl}}}}

Chastity is an attitude and a way of life. In Islam it is both a personal and a social value. A Muslim society should not condone relations entailing or conducive to sexual license. Social patterns and practices calculated to inflame sexual desire are frowned upon by Islam, such incitements to immorality including permissive ideologies, titillating works of art, and the failure to inculcate sound moral principles in the young. At the heart of such a view of human sexuality lies the conviction that the notion of personal freedom should never be misconstrued as the freedom to flout God's laws by overstepping the bounds which, in his infinite wisdom, he has set upon the relations of the sexes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam |url=https://islamicstudies.info/literature/halal-haram.htm |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=islamicstudies.info}}</ref>