Homosexuality: Ruling
in Islam
Homosexuality under this law, is not only a sin, but a punishable crime
against God
This treatment of homosexuals may seem barbaric to some, and many apologists
have attempted to shift the blame for this hostility towards homosexuality onto
"the adoption of European Victorian attitudes by the new Westernized
elite.However, this explanation falls short. Within the context of Islamic thought, this attitude originated from the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and since he is considered by all Muslim to be the Uswa Hasana (the perfect example) we find that the majority of Muslims in the East still consider this harsh treatment of homosexuals to be perfectly justified . However the punishment is carried out only by the Sultan,Rulers, President etc. Not each citizens carrying out punishments as vigilantes.
Prophet Muhammad who was the ruler of the Muslims at that time himself had stated, “If you find anyone doing as Lot's people did, kill the one who does it, and the one to whom it is done.He even went so far as to condemn the “appearance” of homosexuality, when he cursed effeminate men and masculine women and ordered his followers to "Turn them out of your houses. This ruling on homosexuals was naturally adopted by his later successors.
The father of Aisha and Muhammad’s first successor, Abu Bakr, had a homosexual burned at the stake. The fourth Rightly-Guided Caliph, Muhammad’s son-in-law Ali, ordered homosexuals to be stoned, and even had one thrown from the minaret of a mosque.These actions quite obviously pre-date any sort of Western influence on Islamic thought.
Praise be to Allaah.
The
Muslim should not doubt, even for an instant, that what Allaah has prescribed
is wise. He should know that there is great wisdom in what Allaah has commanded
and what He has forbidden; it is the straight path and is the only way in which
man can be safe and at peace, protecting his honour, his mind and his health,
in accordance with the natural disposition (fitrah) with which Allaah has
created man.
Some
heretics have tried to attack Islam and its rulings; they have denounced
divorce and plural marriage and permitted alcohol. Those who look at the state
of their societies will see the state of misery which those societies have
reached.
When
they rejected divorce, murder took its place. When they rejected plural
marriage, men started to take mistresses instead. When they allowed alcohol,
all kinds of shameful and immoral actions became widespread.
They
(gays and lesbians) both go against the natural disposition (fitrah) which
Allaah has created in mankind – and also in animals – whereby the male is
inclined towards the female, and vice versa.
Whoever goes against that goes against the natural disposition of mankind, the fitrah.
Whoever goes against that goes against the natural disposition of mankind, the fitrah.
The
spread of homosexuality has caused man diseases which neither the east nor the
west can deny exist because of them. Even if the only result of this perversion
was AIDS – which attacks the immune system in humans – that would be
enough.
It
also causes the breakup of the family and leads people to give up their work
and study because they are preoccupied with these perversions.
Since
the prohibition has come from his Lord, the Muslim should not wait until
medicine proves that harm befalls the one who does that which Allaah has
forbidden. Rather he must believe firmly that Allaah only prescribes that which
is good for people, and these modern discoveries should only increase his
certainty and confidence in the greatness of Allaah’s wisdom.
Ibn
al-Qayyim said:
Both of them – fornication and
homosexuality – involve immorality that goes against the wisdom of Allaah’s
creation and commandment. For homosexuality involves innumerable evil and
harms, and the one to whom it is done would be better off being killed than
having this done to him, because after that he will become so evil and so corrupt
that there can be no hope of his being reformed, and all good is lost for him,
and he will no longer feel any shame before Allaah or before His creation. The
semen of the one who did that to him will act as a poison on his body and soul.
The scholars differed as to whether the one to whom it is done will ever enter
Paradise. There are two opinions which I heard Shaykh al-Islam (may Allaah have
mercy on him) narrate.”
(al-Jawaab
al-Kaafi, p. 115).
2.
Lesbianism means one woman doing to another something like that which a man
does to a woman. Homosexuality means having intercourse with males in the back
passage. This was the action of the accursed people of the Prophet of Allaah
Loot (peace be upon him). In sharee’ah terminology it refers to inserting the
tip of the penis into the anus of a male.
What
is mentioned concerning these actions in the Qur’aan and Sunnah:
A
– Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And (remember) Loot (Lot), when he said to his people: ‘Do
you commit the worst sin such as none preceding you has committed in the
‘Aalameen (mankind and jinn)?
Verily,
you practise your lusts on men instead of women. Nay, but you are a people
transgressing beyond bounds (by committing great sins)’”
[al-A’raaf
7:80-81]
B
– “Verily, We sent against them a violent storm of stones (which destroyed them
all), except the family of Loot (Lot), them We saved in the last hour of the
night”
[al-Qamar
54:34 – interpretation of the meaning]
C – “And (remember) Loot (Lot), when he said to his people: ‘Do
you commit the worst sin such as none preceding you has committed in the
‘Aalameen (mankind and jinn)?”
[al-A’raaf 7:80 – interpretation of the meaning]
And
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And (remember) Loot (Lot), when he said to his people: ‘You
commit Al‑Faahishah (sodomy the worst sin) which none has preceded you in
(committing) it in the ‘Aalameen (mankind and jinn)’”
[al-‘Ankaboot 29:28]
D – “And (remember) Loot (Lot), We gave him Hukm (right
judgement of the affairs and Prophethood) and (religious) knowledge, and We
saved him from the town (folk) who practised Al‑Khabaa’ith (evil, wicked and
filthy deeds). Verily, they were a people given to evil, and were Faasiqoon
(rebellious, disobedient to Allaah)”
[al-Anbiya’ 21:74 – interpretation of the meaning]
E – “And (remember) Loot (Lot)! When he said to his people,
‘Do you commit Al‑Faahishah (evil, great sin, every kind of unlawful sexual
intercourse, sodomy) while you see (one another doing evil without any screen)
Do you practise your lusts on men instead of women? Nay, but
you are a people who behave senselessly.’
There was no other answer given by his people except that
they said: ‘Drive out the family of Loot (Lot) from your city. Verily, these are
men who want to be clean and pure!’
So We saved him and his family, except his wife. We destined
her to be of those who remained behind.
And We rained down on them a rain (of stones). So evil was
the rain of those who were warned”
[al-Naml 27:54-58 – interpretation of the meaning]
These
verses refer to the punishment that befell the people of Loot. With regard to
the rulings on them:
F
– Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning]:
“And the two persons (man and woman) among you who commit
illegal sexual intercourse, hurt them both. And if they repent (promise Allaah
that they will never repeat, i.e. commit illegal sexual intercourse and other
similar sins) and do righteous good deeds, leave them alone. Surely, Allaah is
Ever All-Forgiving (the One Who forgives and accepts repentance), (and He is)
Most Merciful”
[al-Nisa’ 4:16]
Ibn
Katheer said:
“The
words of Allaah ‘And the two persons (man and woman) among you who commit
illegal sexual intercourse, hurt them both’ mean, those who commit immoral actions,
punish them both. Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him), Sa’eed ibn
Jubayr and others said: By condemning them, shaming them and hitting them with
shoes. This was the ruling until Allaah abrogated it and replaced it with
whipping and stoning. ‘Ikrimah, ‘Ata, al-Hasan and ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Katheer
said: This was revealed concerning a man and woman who commit fornication.
Al-Saddi said, it was revealed concerning young people before they get married.
Mujaahid said: it was revealed concerning two men if they admit it
bluntly; a hint is not sufficient – as if he was referring to
homosexuality. And Allaah knows best.”
(Tafseer
Ibn Katheer, 1/463).
G – It was narrated that Jaabir (may
Allaah be pleased with him): “The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: ‘There is nothing I fear for my ummah more than the deed of the
people of Loot.’”
(Narrated
by al-Tirmidhi, 1457; Ibn Maajah, 2563. This hadeeth was classed as saheeh by
Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allaah have mercy on him) in Saheeh al-Jaami’, no.
1552).
H – It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbaas
said: “The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “… cursed
is the one who has intercourse with an animal, cursed is the one who does the
action of the people of Loot.”
(Narrated
by Ahmad, 1878. This hadeeth was classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in
Saheeh al-Jaami’, no. 5891).
I
– It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbaas said: “The Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: ‘Whoever you find doing the deed of the people of
Loot, kill the one who does it and the one to whom it is done.”
(Narrated
by al-Tirmidhi, 1456; Abu Dawood, 4462; Ibn Maajah, 2561. This hadeeth was
classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’, no. 6589).
And
Allaah knows best
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