Sodomy / Homo.s.e.x.uality
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Sodomy , or intercourse between two males , was the crime of the people of Lut . Allah says
:
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And ( remember ) Lut , when he said to his people : ' You commit al-faahishah/ sodomy – the worst sin / which none has preceded you in/committing/ among the aalameen ( man-kind and jinns ) . * Verily , you commit sodomy with men , and rob the wayfarer , and practice al-munkar ( disbelief , polytheism and every kind of evil deed ) in your meetings
. ' "
[ Surah al- Ankaboot (29) : 28-29 ]
Because of the repulsive nature and enormity of this sin , Allah inflicted four kinds of punishment which He had never before inflicted in combination upon any other people : they were blinded , their city was turned upside-down , stones of baked clay , piled up , rained down upon them , and an awful cry was sent upon them
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In Islam , those guilty of this crime are to be killed by the sword , according to the soundest opinion . This punishment is to be carried out on both the one who does this and the one with whom it is done , if it they did so freely and by choice
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Ibn Abbaas:radia-icon: reported that the Prophet:salla: said
:
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Whomever you find committing the sin of the people of Lut , kill them – both the one who does it and the one to whom it is done
. "
[ Reported by Imaam Ahmad , 1/300 ; see also Saheeh al-Jaami' , 6565 ]
The modern-day speed of incurable diseases that were unknown to our predecessors , like the killer AIDS , caused by this corruption , is an indication of the wisdom of the Sharee'ah ( divine law ) in prescribing this severe punishment
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