Did Lot (peace be upon him) call his people to the oneness of Allah, or did he only warn them against the crime of sodomy?
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Question:
May Allah be with you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Was the message of Lot (peace be upon him) to command the oneness of Allah, or was it to prohibit the crime of sodomy, or was it both?
Answer:
Every messenger, as you read, every messenger says to his people: "Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him"[Al-Anbya 21:25] Lot and others, but the text specifically mentions sodomy because it is the most heinous crime committed by humanity, so it was specified, just as the text specified cheating in scales and weights among the people of Shu'ayb, because it was the greatest crime among them after shirk (associating partners with Allah). The greatest crime after shirk, the greatest crime after shirk, sodomy, may Allah protect us from it. Yes.
May Allah be with you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Was the message of Lot (peace be upon him) to command the oneness of Allah, or was it to prohibit the crime of sodomy, or was it both?
Answer:
Every messenger, as you read, every messenger says to his people: "Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him"
And We sent not before you any messenger except that We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِي إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدُونِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [604- 4717] هل دعا لوط عليه السلام قومه إلى التوحيد أم حذرهم من جريمة اللواط فقط؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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