What Do You Think?

[karenjonke]

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the question:

Dear sir,

How are you? I am currently researching issues related to Homosexual persecution In Asia, especially Malaysia. I hope that you could kindly help answer a few of my questions.

1)How are homosexuals (Muslim & non-muslim) being treated in Malaysia?
2)How severe will the punishment be?
3)How does society perceive homosexuals?
4)Is homosexuality legal?

Thank you very much for your kind help.



the answer:


Praise be to Allaah.

We do not have any information about homosexuality in Malaysia, but we assume that the Muslims there feel total abhorrence towards this shameful act, because their religion, Islam, emphatically forbids this deed and prescribes a severe punishment for it, in this world and the next. How could it be otherwise, when the Prophet of Islam (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever you find committing the sin of the people of Lut (Lot), kill them, both the one who does it and the one to whom it is done" - i.e. if it is done with consent. (This hadeeth was narrated by al-Tirmidhi in his Sunan, 1376)

The scholars of Islam, such as Maalik, al-Shaafi'i, Ahmad and Ishaaq said that (the person guilty of this crime) should be stoned, whether he is married or unmarried.

There is no doubt that this act, which goes against the pure human nature created by Allaah, by making men content with men and women with women, destroying families, adversely affecting the birth rate, causing the spread of killer diseases, harming the innocent when children are raped, and generally spreading corruption on earth, should be uprooted and stamped out.

Perhaps your research will lead you to find out much more about this religion with its great laws and accurate rules and the wisdom of the One Who revealed it.

I ask Allaah to grant you help and success, for Allaah is the One Who guides to the Straight Path.

[karenjonke]

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the question:

My sister has recently disturbed me in the last couple of months. I started to search for a lot of truth with my life, so I tried to learn more about Islam and I am succeeding.(Alhamdullilah)I have also stopped watching television which has helped clear my head in a tremondous way, It's been I would say about 5 months since I didn't watch. She has this homosexual friend and she thinks there's nothing wrong with him. I am horrified to say this, but she even went to a drag-queen show(homosexual bar with him.Iam extremely concerned with her because after having seen this her 'niya" is unclean. She thinks there is nothing wrong with this type of people and in fact several of her classmates are of this nature and she associates with them. I know my sister is not of this nature but living in Canada and especially watching television has corrupted her head. Because the kaafir's television tells us that this alright and all people should be excepted and welcomed, when this is notthe case or truth.Obviously by my question you can see my sister does not know a lot about Islam, What can I so? I'm generating my question around the fact that I live only with my mother and she said it was extremely difficult for her to take us to Quran when we came to the country and this might have saved us alot of turmoil. ( my mother and father are divorced and he lives very far away)


the answer:


Praise be to Allaah.

Praise be to Allaah Who has shown you the path of guidance; this is a great blessing which you must strive to maintain and give thanks to Allaah for that.

With regard to the issue of your sister, it is important that you strive to call her to Islam and to influence her. Allaah commanded His Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) to start his call to Islam with his own tribe, as He said (interpretation of the meaning):

“And warn your tribe (O Muhammad) of near kindred”

[al-Shu’araa’ 26:214]

What you need to pay attention to here is the following:

1- Pay attention to making du’aa’ for her, because du’aa’ has an effect by Allaah’s leave. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) prayed that some of those whom he was calling to Islam would be guided.

2- Be patient and don’t give up; what is not achieved today may be achieved tomorrow.

3- Use a variety of ways and means (of calling her).

4- Strive to choose appropriate times for da’wah, when your sister is more inclined to listen and respond.

5- Use some indirect methods, such as giving her some moving Islamic books or audio or video tapes, or leave some of them lying around in the house where she can find and use them.

6- Perhaps being related and being together for so long is an obstacle to her responding, so it may be a good idea to look for a religious friend of hers who likes her, and ask her to advise her and try to influence her.

Shaykh Muhammad al-Duwaysh

We ask Allaah to guide your sister, and we advise you to give your sister the answer to Question no. 9465, on the ruling on forming friendships between the sexes, so that she can read it. See also the ruling on homosexuals in Islam, as given in Questions nos. 2104 and 6285.

This calamity which you are living through is a warning to you and to others of the dangers of living in the land of the kuffaar, and it is a motivation for Muslim men and women to return as quickly as possible to the lands of the Muslims.