Fornication
（重定向自Fornicator）
![Islamic parts of the world where sex before or outside marriage is forbidden.[113][114] Sharia considers consensual premarital sex a hudud crime, and requires public punishment.](/uploads/202501/14/Criminalization_of_premarital_and_extramarital_sex_as_zina_under_sharia_in_Islam.SVG0537.png)
Fornication is generally consensual sexual intercourse between two people not married to each other. For many people, the term carries an overtone of moral or religious disapproval (living in sin), but the significance of sexual acts to which the term is applied varies between religions, societies and cultures. The definition is often disputed. In modern usage, the term is often replaced with a more judgment-neutral term like extramarital sex.