The Naming of Lut Before Prophethood and the Attribution to Sodomy
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the statement of Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him).
Answer:
Lut (peace be upon him) was named Lut before his prophethood; from the day he was born, he was called Lut. He was with his uncle Ibrahim (peace be upon him) when he came from the land of Babylon and migrated to the Levant; he was with his uncle, and Lut believed in him. Yes, he was his nephew, so he was named Lut before Allah sent him to the people of sodomy. Yes. Or the people of sodomy—we do not say "the people of Lut"; we say "the people of sodomy," an attribution to sodomy, not to Lut. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the statement of Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him).
Answer:
Lut (peace be upon him) was named Lut before his prophethood; from the day he was born, he was called Lut. He was with his uncle Ibrahim (peace be upon him) when he came from the land of Babylon and migrated to the Levant; he was with his uncle, and Lut believed in him. Yes, he was his nephew, so he was named Lut before Allah sent him to the people of sodomy. Yes. Or the people of sodomy—we do not say "the people of Lut"; we say "the people of sodomy," an attribution to sodomy, not to Lut. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 17 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/أدران القلب/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (39:00)
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