Contemporary Sodomy !!!

The grave and evil act of sodomy has various names in the Arabic language, some of which mean:

·        The act of the people of Loot (as).
·        Sodomy.
·        Homosexuality.
·        Entering a person from the rear.
·        Same-sex relationships.

This evil act has become widespread in the west and is being practised by vast numbers of people. The west approves of this evil act, and has introduced new laws in its favour of same-sex marriage.

In the year 1967, the British government introduced a law which stated that it was no longer a crime for people of the same sex to have sexual intercourse if they have reached the age of puberty. The result of this was that this evil act became widespread, as did many diseases. It is still considered a crime in that country for people of the same sex to have a sexual relationship if at least one of them have not yet reached the age of puberty, although this is something that the homosexuals are pressuring that government to change.

In Europe, same sex marriage is becoming widespread with official recognition and approval, and many governments authorize same-sex marriages. Amsterdam witnessed the first official same-sex marriage in the world with a party that was attended by the ministers of the Dutch government and other celebrities, in addition to being broadcast live on television.

On 4th March 2001, it was announced in Holland that three male and one female couple immediately married after the announcement of a new law that permitted same-sex marriage. Moreover, the Dutch government gives the same rights to married couples of the same sex as it does to those of the opposite sex, such as government financial assistance, lower taxes, the right to adopt and the requirement of a court order in order to divorce.

Officials in Amsterdam expect the number of married couples to increase by ten thousand couples annually, which represents ten percent (10%) of the number of heterosexual marriages.

In Denmark, same sex marriages began in the year 1989, making Denmark the first country in the world to officially recognize same-sex marriages.

Also, Norway and Sweden allow homosexuals to officially register their relationships. In addition to this, the German government very recently passed a new law to permit such marriages officially, although it does not allow the couples to adopt children or be entitled to pay less tax. This law also permits non-German citizens who are living in Germany to have such marriages. 

In February 2000, the Canadian government granted homosexuals who live together the same rights that normal couples have, although it did not allow them to officially get married. 

Homosexual Conception?

A British doctor studied the possibility of making this possible. After finding a female volunteer who offered her womb, and having extracted semen from both men concerned, the doctor discontinued the experiment, due to coming to the conclusion that modern science has not yet reached the level of being able to cause the man's sperm to act as the female's ovum and thus facilitate the conception of a child.

In Israel, homosexuals constitute twelve percent (12%) of the Jewish population; they are demanding that their government gives them more rights, the most important of which is to officially recognize their marriages. They are also demanding that the government pass laws that give them assistance regarding inheritance, paid marriage-leave, and so on.

Homosexuality has become something quite acceptable in the Israeli community. The Haaretz Newspaper of 14th April 2000, contained an article quoting a man who planned to get married to his boyfriend as saying: “Homosexuals enjoy a much better status now from a legal perspective; as a matter of fact, this is one of the best countries (in this regard) in the world. We have the same rights as (the homosexuals in) Denmark and Holland, as there is no law that prohibits same sex-marriage, nor is there any law prohibiting sodomy. On the contrary, we have a law here that demands that we have equal work opportunities."

The first punishment from Allah:

Aids: Aids was discovered in 1981 when a number of homosexual men who practiced sodomy in places such as Los Angeles and New York contracted a strange type of bacterial chest infection which is known as Pneumosytis Carinii. Some of them also contracted a rare form of cancer named Kaposis Sarcoma.

Scientists at that time could offer no explanation of how this rare disease had appeared so suddenly; but in 1984, they were able to recognize the cause and attributed it to the damage of the main cells in the immune system due to a new virus, and this is where the name AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) came from. In 1986, the virus that causes this disease was named HIV.

This disease coincides, exactly, with the saying of the Prophet (saws) where ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar reported that: “The Prophet (saws) approached us once and said: “It is never that immorality (i.e. adultery, fornication and sodomy) prevails in a people to the extent that they do it openly, except that there will appear in them diseases that were unknown to their predecessors.”” [Al-Haakim]

This disease has spread in a rapid and terrifying manner, to the point that the number of deaths that it has caused in the United States alone up until January of the year 2000 was 438,795 people, while worldwide, the number of newly infected and HIV positive people at the end of each year reaches thirty six million (36,000,000) people. Ninety five percent (95%) of these contracted it due to practicing sodomy, while the others did so via other means, such as infected drug syringes. Research has proved that sixty two percent (62%) of these cases were caused by bisexual men.

Los Angeles has the fourth highest number of infected patients in the United States, and it has been stated there that bisexual men hinder the process of putting an end to this disease.

Before the world had an opportunity to wake up from the effect of the shock caused by AIDS, a new homosexual disease appeared on the horizon. This disease is even more powerful and viscous than AIDS. Dr. Kenneth Moore MD stated that AIDS is considered insignificant in comparison to this new disease, and he gave it the name 'The Love Virus.' 

The symptoms of this disease are that the infected person begins, six months after being infected, to develop blisters and ulcers, from which the patient continues to bleed until he dies. Dr. Moore has stated that it is not easy for the body to be infected with this virus, but once it does, modern science stands helpless in the face of it.

This virus lays dormant in the person's body for six months and is then activated by him having sexual intercourse again. Unlike other diseases resulting from sexual intercourse that can only be transmitted through the blood, bodily fluids, or sexual intercourse, this disease can be transmitted in different ways. It can even afflict those who have never had sexual intercourse. Dr. Moore has stated that it appears that it is transmitted through the air and can enter a person's lungs via his breathing mechanism.

The above were but some of the many harmful effects of sodomy. How can any sane man, after reading this, give in to his perverted desires and lusts, and pay such a terrible price as a consequence? 

Real life stories:

·        I live in Canada. My sister has a bisexual boyfriend and does not see any problem in this; she even goes with him to a gay nightclub. She also believes that we should accept this type of person in our community. What should I do?

·        I discovered that my forty year old husband has been, for the past two years, sleeping with a boy who comes to our house occasionally, although he does not know that I have found out. He is a person who performs his prayers and confirms that he is sexually satisfied by me. What should I do?
Ya Muslimeen imagine! This is a married man who is committing this wicked sin! How perverted can a person get? How heedless can a person become? Indeed he is cursed by Allah as the Prophet (saws) said: “Allah has cursed the one who commits the act of the people of Loot (i.e. sodomy).” [Ahmad]

The Islamic ruling on sodomy and Punishment:

The consensus of the Companions has been recorded in this regard that the one who commits this sin must be executed. However, there are variant views from them on how to execute the perpetrator. Some of them ruled that it should be by beheading him with a sword, others ruled that it be by stoning to death, while a third group held the opinion that it should be by burning to death. There is another group that has ruled that it should be done by taking the perpetrator of this evil crime to the highest point in the area he resides, and then hurling him off from there, head down, while being stoned as he falls and after he hits the ground, until he dies; this was the opinion of Abu Bakr and ‘Ali. There is also a view that such people should be executed by placing them in a house that is then demolished with them inside it.

The Prophet (saws) said: “Kill the one who does it (i.e., sodomy) and the one to whom it is done.” [At-Tirmithi and Others] Scholars have clearly said: “There is no indication in the narration of the person being single or married, and thus it covers all people."

There is however a difference of opinion on how to apply the punishment for the one who commits sodomy. The following are the opinions that were mentioned by Imam Ash-Shawkani in "Nayl Al-Awtar" , Vol. 7/p122-124:
1) That he is killed with the sword, then burnt. This is narrated from Abu Bakr and 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib.
2) That a wall should be collapsed upon him. This was the opinion of 'Umar and 'Uthman.
3) That he should be thrown from the highest building in the city, then that should be followed up with him being pelted with rocks. This was the opinion of Ibn 'Abbas.
4) That he is stoned. This is narrated by Al-Bayhaqi from 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Ash-Sha'bi, Az-Zuhri, Malik, Ahmad, Is'haq, and Ash-Shafi'i.
5) That they are burned. This was narrated by Al-Bayhaqi, that Abu Bakr gathered the Sahabah and 'Ali mentioned this, and the Sahabah agreed upon it. It was also mentioned by Al-Munthiri that it was done by Abu Bakr, 'Ali, 'Abdullah Ibn Az-Zubayr, and Hisham Ibn 'Abdil-Malik.
6) That he is stoned, then burnt with fire. This is narrated from the Sahabah agreeing upon it in the time of Abu Bakr.
7) That the punishment is the same as Zina, in that if he is a virgin, he is whipped, and if he is not, then he is stoned.
8) That there is no prescribed punishment, rather it is left up to the Imam to perform Ta'zir, and this was narrated from Abu Hanifah, and one narration from Ash-Shafi'i, and others.
Ash-Shawkani refutes the opinion of the punishment being the same as Zina, as well as the opinion that there is only Ta'zir, and supports the opinion that he is killed, but does not appear to specify which way of killing is the strongest.

How are such sinners to be dealt with? 

The one who commits this grave sin must repent before death strikes him, as he would otherwise be subject to the wrath and curse of Allah, as well as the loss of both, this life and the Hereafter.

He must be advised and reminded that Allah is watching him and that Shaytaan is keen to misguide him. He should remember that one day he may become a father who would despise anyone attacking his children in this way.

Imaam Ibn Al-Qayyim said: “Sodomy brings nothing but regret, sorrow and diseases that are almost impossible to survive. It also makes one's countenance dark and gloomy, and causes the light of guidance to vanish from his heart. It (i.e., sodomy) becomes so evident on his face that people would recognize this as soon as they see him. The one who commits this sin will never survive the punishment that will follow unless Allah has predestined for him to repent. It results in the blessings of Allah upon him vanishing and being replaced by curses and hardships. It also makes him more daring in committing more evil and shameful deeds, and thus causes his humiliation.”

Modern science has proved that this act has a very negative effect on those who do it, such as damaging the nervous system, the brain, and the sexual organs, as well as causing liver infections, which is in addition to AIDS.

How does a person repent from this sin?

·        Sincere repentance and remaining steadfast upon it.
·        Supplicating to Allah for assistance.
·        Frequently asking forgiveness from Allah.
·        Continual mentioning of Allah.
·        Increasing in acts of worship and obedience.
·        Optional prayers, as Allah says: “…Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing…” [29:45]
·        Keeping righteous company.

Whenever the slave sincerely repents to Allah and continues supplicating to Him for forgiveness, Allah will certainly protect and preserve him. Imaam Ibn Taymiyyah was asked whether the one who repents from this act must inform others, his reply was: “If he truly repents, Allah will forgive him without him having to publicize his act.”

Allah says: “And those who do not invoke with Allah another deity or kill the soul which Allah has forbidden (to be killed), except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty. Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated – Except for those who repent, believe, and do righteous work. For them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful. And he who repents and does righteousness does indeed turn to Allah with (accepted) repentance.” [25:68-71]

Additionally, one may get married after sincerely repenting in order to protect himself from sinning further.