Allah the Exalted said: << ولوطا إذ قال لقومه أتأتون الفاحشة وأنتم تبصرون >
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Then Allah the Exalted said: [Surat al-Naml: 54]. The author said: "It is in the accusative case with a presumed 'and remember' before it", meaning: And remember, O Muhammad, Lot. He is mentioned after Salih, and he is always mentioned after Salih, because the cities of Salih and the villages of the people of Lot are not far from one another, and they were not unknown to the people in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Then he said: " [Surat al-Naml: 54] is in the accusative case with a presumed 'and remember' before it, and it is substituted for it".
As for the presumed meaning: And remember when Lot said to his people: " [Surat al-Naml: 54] meaning: sodomy". The hamza here is for interrogative inquiry, or is it not? Because he knows, but it is for rebuke and denial, and if I add to that, it is for the discretionary punishment or the punishment. Meaning: How is it that you commit this abomination? So it is for rebuke, denial, and transgression.
And his saying: meaning: for the comprehensiveness of the type in terms of meaning, not in terms of individuals, but the meaning is that this is the greatest abomination... the greatest abomination of its kind is this, and it is greater than unlawful sexual intercourse, because Allah said: [Surat al-Isra: 32] an abomination among abominations, and here He said: the abomination, and it is also greater than marrying those with whom marriage is forbidden, because Allah said: [Surat al-Nisa: 22] and women with whom marriage is forbidden are greater than unlawful sexual intercourse, because Allah described them with three descriptions: an abomination, detestable, and an evil way. And He described unlawful sexual intercourse with two descriptions: an abomination, and an evil way [Surat al-Isra: 32].
Therefore, the correct view is that one who commits unlawful sexual intercourse with those with whom marriage is forbidden is killed, even if he is not a free man, because this is greater, and may Allah protect us, than unlawful sexual intercourse.
Likewise, the correct view regarding sodomy is that its perpetrator is killed, as long as he is of age and sane, even if he is not a free man.
" meaning: sodomy, [Surat al-Naml: 54] meaning: you see one another immersed in sin".
Meaning: more wicked than donkeys, seeing one another, one doing it to the other. For this reason, He said: [Surat al-'Ankabut: 29] when they gathered, and may Allah protect us, they would mount one another like donkeys. We ask Allah for safety.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : But they do it?
The student: They do this. This is regarding... Britain...
The Shaykh : Folly.
The student: It has a law.
The Shaykh : And a law. Now, his saying: [Surat al-Naml: 54] is from seeing with the eye, and it is said from seeing with the heart. Meaning: And you see its wickedness and understand it, and every person has a sound fitrah (innate natural disposition) that dislikes this type, because how does one mount his like? The same one who is mounted mounts another one.
Then, this place is also not a place for this desire, because it is a place polluted with impurities and not a place for amusement, so it is wicked in the fitrah (innate natural disposition) and in the ruling as well. But we say: if we interpreted seeing here as physical seeing with the eye and conceptual seeing with the heart, that would be permissible.
And in reality, the ugliness of this thing in the heart is a matter known by the fitrah (innate natural disposition), and their doing it while seeing one another is more severe and greater.
And Lot
وَلُوطًاThen he said: "
And Lot
وَلُوطًاAs for the presumed meaning: And remember when Lot said to his people: "
when he said to his people, "Do you commit such immorality
إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَAnd his saying:
The abomination
الْفَاحِشَةَAnd do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality
وَلا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنَى إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةًAnd do not marry those [women] whom your fathers married, except what has already occurred. Indeed, it was an immorality and hateful [to Allah] and was evil as a way.
وَلا تَنكِحُوا مَا نَكَحَ آبَاؤُكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَمَقْتًا وَسَاءَ سَبِيلًاIndeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way.
إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَسَاءَ سَبِيلًاTherefore, the correct view is that one who commits unlawful sexual intercourse with those with whom marriage is forbidden is killed, even if he is not a free man, because this is greater, and may Allah protect us, than unlawful sexual intercourse.
Likewise, the correct view regarding sodomy is that its perpetrator is killed, as long as he is of age and sane, even if he is not a free man.
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Will you commit the immorality?
أَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَAnd you see
وَأَنْتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَMeaning: more wicked than donkeys, seeing one another, one doing it to the other. For this reason, He said:
and commit in your meetings [every] evil
وَتَأْتُونَ فِي نَادِيكُمُ الْمُنكَرَThe student: ...
The Shaykh : But they do it?
The student: They do this. This is regarding... Britain...
The Shaykh : Folly.
The student: It has a law.
The Shaykh : And a law. Now, his saying:
And you see
وَأَنْتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَThen, this place is also not a place for this desire, because it is a place polluted with impurities and not a place for amusement, so it is wicked in the fitrah (innate natural disposition) and in the ruling as well. But we say: if we interpreted seeing here as physical seeing with the eye and conceptual seeing with the heart, that would be permissible.
And in reality, the ugliness of this thing in the heart is a matter known by the fitrah (innate natural disposition), and their doing it while seeing one another is more severe and greater.