poems about rape and date abuse?

Question

i need them for a project

Answer 1

* The poems in the link below are heart-breaking. Reader discretion is advised.

Poem 1:

Its Over

Sparks of light,
Triggers a fright.
The soul screaming,
The mind stuck dreaming.
Heart pierced and hollow,
The throat can not swallow.
Eyes half open yet shut,
Fingers bleeding from trying to crawl out of this rut.
Legs shaking from the weight,
Memories recalling those two dates.
Ears deaf to any sound,
The shadows hiding, even they do not want to be around.
Lungs empty, no air to breathe.


Poem 2:

The Chair,The Ceiling, The Rope

Standing in the middle of the room wonder what to do next,
Looking left and right and knowing im alone.
The chair sits in the middle of the room,
The rope and noose hang from the ceiling high.
Now is the day, it is time to die.
Panic errupting my soul with need,
Overturning and overtaking everyones greed.
Slowly gliding towards the cliff,
Looking up and looking down into hells pit.
To jump is a secret,
To jump is a regret.
Slowly putting one leg up on the chair,
Goosebumps all around and the standing of hair.
It creaks somehow knowing whats going on,
But doesnt say a word and acts like nothings going to happend.
Balancing thyself and holding on tight,
Brain developing daze and body tremoring with fright.
Eye sockets bulging as a could overtakes,
Memories forever making her shake.
Pulling the last leg up onto the wood,
Hasnt yet wondered what she is doing and if she should?
Looking up to the ceiling and seeing the rope,
She doesnt know if she can make it doesnt know if she wants to cope??
She slowly fondles the rope with her fingers,
Hoping that if she does this no more pain will linger.
She takes the rope and puts it around her neck,
What is she worth?
She figures what the heck...
Tightens the noose upon her lovely neck,
She hasnt even remembered that her faith now needs to be in check.
She teeters the chair a litttle left and a little right,
Closes her eyes and remembers that night.
The chair loses balance as does she,
All this was brought on by he.
Life flashing through her mind,
Its going fast and does a little bit of rewind.
To a time when life loved her
And she loved life.
She is trying escape as she is falling now,
She is trying to leave sick of feeling so low.
As the chair passes by her sight,
She closes her eyes and sees only the dark of night.
The cracking of the rope and ceiling like a whip,
Sparking through life smiling as her neck does a flip.
A loud crack and spark from afar,
The rope didnt hold but grabbed her hand instead so far.
She didnt check the rope before her little leap,
As she lays on the floor, in a shaking heap.
Looking up to the high,
Lifes reminders surrounder her and flying on by.
Peace of the day setting in,
Layer there and surcumbing.
If this cant go right,
She guess she has to stay,
But for now she feels drugged as this is where for now she will continue to lay.

Good luck

Answer 2

I read Jenny's poems in the link at this page
http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/8819/poems/othersP.html
Hers are speaking of pain without violent words. I can feel her pain.
2nd link features other websites.
http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/8819/resourcesPOEMS.html

Answer 3

Praise be to Allaah.

The Arabic word ightisaab refers to taking something wrongfully by force. It is now used exclusively to refer to transgression against the honour of women by force (rape).

This is an abhorrent crime that is forbidden in all religions and in the minds of all wise people and those who are possessed of sound human nature. All earthly systems and laws regard this action as abhorrent and impose the strictest penalties on it, except a few states which waive the punishment if the rapist marries his victim! This is indicative of a distorted mind let alone a lack of religious commitment on the part of those who challenge Allaah in making laws. We do not know of any love or compassion that could exist between the aggressor and his victim, especially since the pain of rape cannot be erased with the passage of time – as it is said. Hence many victims of rape have attempted to commit suicide and many of them have succeeded, The failure of these marriages is proven and they are accompanied by nothing but humiliation and suffering for the woman.

Islam has a clear stance which states that this repugnant action is haraam and imposes a deterrent punishment on the one who commits it.

Islam closes the door to the criminal who wants to commit this crime. Western studies have shown that most rapists are already criminals who commit their crimes under the influence of alcohol and drugs, and they take advantage of the fact that their victims are walking alone in isolated places, or staying in the house alone. These studies also show that what the criminals watch on the media and the semi-naked styles of dress in which women go out, also lead to the commission of this reprehensible crime.

The laws of Islam came to protect women's honour and modesty. Islam forbids women to wear clothes that are not modest and to travel without a mahram; it forbids a woman to shake hands with a non-mahram man. Islam encourages young men and women to marry early, and many other rulings which close the door to rape. Hence it comes as no surprise when we hear or read that most of these crimes occur in permissive societies which are looked up to by some Muslims as examples of civilization and refinement! In America – for example – International Amnesty stated in a 2004 report entitled “Stop Violence Against Women” that every 90 seconds a woman was raped during that year. What kind of life are these people living? What refinement and civilization do they want the Muslim women to take part in?

The punishment for rape in Islam is same as the punishment for zina, which is stoning if the perpetrator is married, and one hundred lashes and banishment for one year if he is not married.

Some scholars also say that he is required to pay a mahr to the woman.

Imam Maalik (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

In our view the man who rapes a woman, whether she is a virgin or not, if she is a free woman he must pay a “dowry” like that of her peers, and if she is a slave he must pay whatever has been detracted from her value. The punishment is to be carried out on the rapist and there is no punishment for the woman who has been raped, whatever the case. End quote.

Al-Muwatta’, 2/734

Shaykh Salmaan al-Baaji (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

In the case of a woman who is forced (raped): if she is a free woman, the one who forced her must pay her a “dowry” like that of her peers, and the hadd punishment is to be carried out on him. This is the view of al-Shaafa’i, and it is the view of al-Layth, and it was also narrated from ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib (may Allaah be pleased with him).

Abu Haneefah and al-Thawri said: the hadd punishment is to be carried out on him but he is not obliged to pay the “dowry”.

The evidence for what we say is that the hadd punishment and the “dowry” are two rights, one of which is the right of Allaah and the other is the right of the other person. So they may be combined, as in the case of a thief whose hand is cut off and he is required to return the stolen goods. End quote.

Al-Muntaha Sharh al-Muwatta’, 5/268, 269

Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

The scholars are unanimously agreed that the rapist is to be subjected to the hadd punishment if there is clear evidence against him that he deserves the hadd punishment, or if he admits to that. Otherwise, he is to be punished (i.e., if there is no proof that the hadd punishment for zina may be carried out against him because he does not confess, and there are not four witnesses, then the judge may punish him and stipulate a punishment that will deter him and others like him). There is no punishment for the woman if it is true that he forced her and overpowered her, which may be proven by her screaming and shouting for help. End quote.

Al-Istidhkaar, 7/146

Secondly:

The rapist is subject to the hadd punishment for zina, even if the rape was not carried out at knife-point or gun-point. If the use of a weapon was threatened, then he is a muhaarib, and is to be subjected to the hadd punishment described in the verse in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“The recompense of those who wage war against Allaah and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off from opposite sides, or be exiled from the land. That is their disgrace in this world, and a great torment is theirs in the Hereafter”

[al-Maaidah 5:33]

So the judge has the choice of the four punishments mentioned in this verse, and may choose whichever he thinks is most suitable to attain the objective, which is to spread peace and security in society, and ward off evildoers and aggressors.

See also question no. 41682

And Allaah knows best.

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