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The reason for this lies in the fact that whatever you yourself hasten to do, with no strong incentive forcing you to doing it, or no overcoming factor, like adultery and wineimbibing, and you called upon yourself to forsake the prayers without any lust or desire, hence this is considered only disdainment and contempt." ⁸⁶

Yet in another hadeeth Al-Imaam As-Saadiq"A" declared:

"Stone the old man and old woman for adultery because they have passed and spent their stage of lust and sensuality. ⁸⁷

Also in fiqh and hadeeth books it is stated that every wife and husband that fails every morning and night to satisfy her/his lust lawfully, is counted as muhsan "continent, chaste". If any of them commits adultery "double adultery", her/his penalty is commuted, and the execution "stoning to death" will be changed to flogging "jald"." ⁸⁸

Once Al-Imaam As-Saadiq"A" put this question to his followers: Do you know what the best pleasure is? But they showed ignorance of the answer. Thereat he"A" declared:

"Verily the most pleasing thing is to lie with women." ⁸⁹

In another narration Al-Imaam As-Saadiq"A" said: "People have never delighted themselves in the world and hereafter with a pleasure better than the joy of lying with women."

Of course this pleasure for woman and man is not in the way that only men get pleased, so in continuation of this hadeeth this matter is indicated with general expression thus:

Then he said: The heavendwellers never find pleasure in the Garden with anything more desirable to them than

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86. Al-Kafi, vol. III, p. 384, Hadeeth, 9,

87. ibid.

88. ibid., vol. VIII, p. 176, Baab 3, Hadeeth 3.

89. ibid., p. 178, Baab 3, Hadeeth 10; Jawaahir Al-Kalaam, vol. XLI, p. 269.