Refutation Of Those Who Excuse
Homosexuals On The Grounds That This Is The Way They
Were Created
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Islamic Questions & Answers
Salaam. I'm not gay but I'm just wondering
from a moral standpoint that since homosexuality is
forbidden under Islam, what would happen to gay or
lesbian individuals? A lot of gay and lesbians say
that their sexual orientation is natural and they are
born gay. Assuming that they are correct since
straight people don't know, if homosexuality is
outlawed in Islam then why would Allah make them that
way so that their existence is a tortured and sexually
frustrated way?
Praise be to Allaah.
We do not agree with their claim that their sexual
orientation is natural; rather it is a distortion of
nature. Allaah counted their deed as wrongdoing and
immoral, and He sent upon the people of Lut a
punishment the like of which no other nation had seen.
He also tells us that this punishment is not ever far
from the wrongdoers.
Their claim that their orientation is natural serves
only to propagate and spread immorality, and it is
just an excuse for them. Many of them change their
appearance so as to look odd, so how can we say that
this is how they were created?
Allaah does not create anyone just to punish or
torture them. He created mankind to worship Him, but
He may try His slaves with hardship as a test of their
faith, to expiate for their sins and to raise their
status. Allaah is too Just to force a person to commit
sin and then punish him. On the contrary, people
commit sins by their own free choice – like these
perverted people – and it is for this that they
deserve to be punished. Allaah says (interpretation of
the meaning):
"and your Lord treats no one with injustice" [al-Kahf
18:49]
And Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Nay, Allaah never commands Fahshaa' (evil deeds,
unlawful sexual intercourse). Do you say of Allaah
what you know not?" [al-A'raaf 7:28]
And Allaah knows best.
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