Ethical Effects of Controlling Sexual Abuse in the Holy Quran and Islamic Narrations

Sexual abuse is one manifestation of social and ethical deviations with unfavorable effects on the various individual and social domains. Due to the same reason, the primary goal of the present study is investigating the cases and examples of the sexual abuse from the jurisprudential perspectives as well as investigation of the ethical effects of the sexual abuse control as stated in the religious teachings, including holy Quran’s ĀYĀT and narrations.

The present study has been authored with a descriptive-analytical approach and through the use of documentary and library resources like holy Quran’s ĀYĀT and narrations as well as the perspectives of the Shiite jurisprudents and individuals with knowledge about Islam.

Methods of the sexual abuse control causes the corroboration of the family’s foundation, creation of a spirit of balance and moderation in the society’s ethics, secondary avoidance of the sexual deviations, strengthening of the tendencies towards marriage, prevention of immoralities and lewdness, preservation of the human beings’ chastity and veneration as well as prevention of the newly emerging sexual abuses amongst the children and adolescents; all of the aforesaid cases are amongst the examples of the ethical control in the area of the individual and collective relations.

The known examples of sexual abuse incorporate a vast spectrum of physical, verbal and nonverbal sexual abuse as mentioned in jurisprudence and Islamic teachings and this is reflective of the importance of human veneration, prevention of the damage to the physical and psychological security of the human beings, punishment and informing of the society for and about the unfavorable unethical deeds and offering solution for proper and ideal ethical life.