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Nikah (Marriage) - Talaaq (Divorce) The Majlis Vol 28 No 09, p.23

A man is a homosexual because he naturally inclines to males.

Question

A man is a homosexual because he naturally inclines to males. Although he is a homosexual he is married and has several children. But he is unable to eliminate his natural inclination. Is natural inclination a mitigating factor for his sin?

Answer

Natural inclination is not a licence for the commission of sin. The people of Nabi Loot (Alayhis salaam) were naturally inclined to homosexuality. Finally they were destroyed by the Punishment of Allah Ta'ala.

If natural inclinations make haraam demands, these have to be restrained. One may not commit haraam then seek mitigation on the basis of natural inclination. A man naturally inclines to cohabit with a female. However, his natural inclination for sex with a female does not permit him to indulge in zina. If he has no wife, he has to restrain his nafs and abstain from zina.

In exactly the same way does a man with homosexual inclination have to restrain his haraam desires and submit to the Law of Allah Ta'ala.

"These are the limits of Allah. Whoever transgresses the limits of Allah, verily he has oppressed himself."

(Qur'aan)

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