Question
A gay committed suicide. Is he entitled to a Muslim burial? Should Janaazah Salaat be performed for him?
Answer
Suicide is a heinous sin. However, it is not kufr. Such a person has to be given an Islamic burial and buried in the Muslim cemetery. But if he had claimed that gayi'ism/ homosexuality is permissible, then he had lost his Imaan. In that case he was a murtad. A murtad may not be given an Islamic burial.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 24 No 07
- PDF page
- 4
Appears under NO BASIS FOR QABAR PUJA (approximate).