![]() ![]() Hence the connection was made in the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) who reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “Whoever you find doing the deed of the people of Loot, kill them.” And it was also reported that he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever has intercourse with a woman who is his mahram, kill him.” And according to another hadeeth with the same isnaad, “Whoever has intercourse with an animal, kill him and kill the animal with him.” (Narrated by Ahmad, 2420 Abu Dawood, 4464 al-Tirmidhi, 1454 al-Haakim, 4/355). This is similar to the ruling of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) concerning the person who has intercourse with a woman who is his mahram, because in both cases intercourse is not permitted under any circumstances. This shows that there was consensus among them that should be killed, but they differed as to how he should be executed. Ibn ‘Abbaas said, they should be killed by stoning. ‘Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him) said that a wall should be made to collapse on him. Abu Bakr al-Siddeeq said that he should be thrown down from a cliff. Ibn al-Qasaar and our shaykh said: the Sahaabah agreed that should be killed, but they differed as to how he should be killed. ![]() ‘Ali was the strictest of them with regard to that. At-Tirmidhi said it is a hasan hadeeth).Ību Bakr al-Siddeeq judged in accordance with this, and he wrote instructions to this effect to Khaalid, after consulting with the Sahaabah. It was reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Kill the one who does it and the one to whom it is done.” (Reported by the four authors of Sunan. Imaam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): Allaah destroyed the people of Loot (peace be upon him) with the most terrifying kinds of punishment because they persisted in their sin and made this evil action commonplace and acceptable among themselves. Undoubtedly the sin of homosexuality is one of the worst sins indeed, it is one of the major sins (kabaa’ir) that Allaah has forbidden. Judging by the dual person pronoun, it seems more obvious that homosexual fornication is meant, even though the former was of the opinion that it referred to an adulterer and an adulteress but this may be countered by the fact that the two becomes clear on account of the particle min being attached to a masculine pronoun, and by the fact that they suffer the same punishment, repentance and that they be left alone, which applies specifically to men, given that for women detention is stipulated, as was stated before. This is abrogated by the prescribed punishment if adultery is meant, and similarly if homosexual intercourse is meant, according to al-Shāfi‘ī but according to him, the person who is the object of the act is not stoned, even if he be married rather, he is flogged and banished. God ever turns, to those who repent, and is Merciful, to them. Men who act effeminate or blatantly break gender norms are also condemned both by the tradition and the scholars.Īnd when two of you (read wa’lladhāni or wa’lladhānni) men, commit it, that is, a lewd act, adultery or homosexual intercourse, punish them both, with insults and beatings with sandals but if they repent, of this, and make amends, through action, then leave them be, and do not harm them. The practice of homosexual sex and relationships is roundly condemned in the Islamic tradition, which sees these acts as unnatural and stemming from the wickedness of the people of Lut.
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