Statement on the hudud punishment for the sodomite
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the correct statement regarding the punishment for the homosexual, whether he is married or unmarried?
Answer:
It is correct that he is killed in every case; this is the correct view, and it is the one on which the Companions agreed, as far as I know. The Companions agreed that he is to be killed, but they differed on the manner of his killing. Some said that he is to be penetrated from the rear and then gathered for trade, as happened in the case of the one mentioned. Others said that he is to be burned in the fire; Abu Bakr and Khalid ibn al-Walid burned the sodomites in the Zaghaba. Others said that he is to be killed by being strangled, and this is the practice followed. In any case, this is the correct and stronger view regarding his hudud punishment. Yes, both the active party and the passive party are accepted [as liable to the punishment]. Even if you come upon them while they are doing it on the ground, kill both the active party and the passive party. This is the view on which the Companions agreed, and the sound scholars among the Imams agreed, and it is the practice followed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the correct statement regarding the punishment for the homosexual, whether he is married or unmarried?
Answer:
It is correct that he is killed in every case; this is the correct view, and it is the one on which the Companions agreed, as far as I know. The Companions agreed that he is to be killed, but they differed on the manner of his killing. Some said that he is to be penetrated from the rear and then gathered for trade, as happened in the case of the one mentioned. Others said that he is to be burned in the fire; Abu Bakr and Khalid ibn al-Walid burned the sodomites in the Zaghaba. Others said that he is to be killed by being strangled, and this is the practice followed. In any case, this is the correct and stronger view regarding his hudud punishment. Yes, both the active party and the passive party are accepted [as liable to the punishment]. Even if you come upon them while they are doing it on the ground, kill both the active party and the passive party. This is the view on which the Companions agreed, and the sound scholars among the Imams agreed, and it is the practice followed. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب عشرة النساء — islamhouse.com (1:00:45)
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