nation of Muhammad! No one has greater protective jealousy than Allah that His male servant should commit unlawful sexual intercourse, or His female servant do so.”

In the Sunan collections, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is reported to have said:

“Some protective jealousy Allah loves, and some He dislikes. The protective jealousy Allah loves is that which arises when there are grounds for suspicion; the protective jealousy He dislikes is that which arises without grounds for suspicion. Likewise, some proud bearing Allah loves, and some He hates. The proud bearing He loves is a man’s proud bearing in battle and when giving charity; the proud bearing Allah hates is a man’s proud bearing in oppression and boasting.”

It is established in the authentic hadith collections that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to ‘Umar:

“I entered Paradise and saw a woman performing ablution beside a palace. I asked, ‘Whose is this?’ They replied, ‘It belongs to ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb.’ I wanted to enter it, but then I remembered your protective jealousy.”

He replied: