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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the sin of sodomy named after the Prophet Lut (peace be upon him)?

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Question:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Your Eminence, the father, the questioner asks: Why is this ugly act, which is the commission of a sin, attributed to the noble Prophet Lut (peace be upon him)? He says: Is it called by the name of Lut (peace be upon him) and attributed to him? He says: Knowing that it is mentioned in the Qur'an as a sin and as approaching
males among the worldsالذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ
[Ash-Shu'ara 26:165]
, and it is not called "liwat," and no hadith is established with this term.

Answer:
This is what you said; it is not attributed to Lut (peace be upon him). Among the common people, Lut is his name; this is his proper name, his name is Lut. As for the sin, it is not called that; it is called liwat, and its perpetrator is called a liwati. A liwati is not called a Lutwi; he is called a liwati, derived from liwat, so it is attributed to liwat. As for this attribution to the sin, it is liwati. As for Lut (peace be upon him), this is his proper name, so he is called Lut.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [103] هل سميت فاحشة اللواط بهذا الاسم نسبة إلى النبي لوط عليه السلام؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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