Committing sins in public

Committing sins is very grave. But committing it in public is even more serious than committing it secretly. Committing it secretly and revealing it afterwards is like committing it in public. Watching a movie on television or elsewhere with friends or family, especially obscene and erotic scenes is considered as committing sins openly and in public. This gives us an idea of ​​the seriousness of what boys and girls are committing boldly in the street without any shame. And we find ourselves incapable of reforming them.

There is another practice that is very common. A person tends to tell his friends about his intimate moments with his partner. According to the Hadith, such a person is qualified as the worst person in the eyes of Allah Ta'ala. And yet, whatever happens between a person and his spouse who is in his Nikah is totally Halaal. If this applies to something that is Halaal, then how serious is it to narrate to friends about Haraam things which one has committed? And how much more Haraam will it be to commit Haraam actions in front of people? It is such actions that made Muslims unworthy and stoop so low. What Izzah (respect) will we have if we do not know how to keep our Izzah? A person degrades himself when he does not conform to the Shariah.

[English version of "Faire péché en public" – Al Jamiat – Vol.6 No.8]