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  • Classification Of Homosexual Acts As Major Sins In Islam

    Posted by Mohammed Zubair Alam on September 13, 2025 at 3:01 am

    As-salamu alaikum,

    I just want to clarify a view:

    If I am not wrong, unlike heterosexual sexual acts where there is a distinction between major and minor sins, in homosexual acts there is no such distinction.

    All homosexual activities — from just touching to any sexual act — are explicitly haram and considered major sins, right?The same applies to bestiality and other perverted sexual activities.

    They directly fall in the category of “fawaish”.

    Zeeshan replied 3 weeks ago 3 Members · 7 Replies
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  • Dr. Irfan Shahzad

    Scholar September 13, 2025 at 5:44 am

    It is the same for all types of sexual acts. The actual act of illicit sex is the major sin, and all other steps that lead towards it are minor, no matter whether it is with the opposite gender or with the same gender.

    • Zeeshan

      Member September 27, 2025 at 5:49 pm

      Sir please define sex. Does it mean intercourse only?

  • Dr. Irfan Shahzad

    Scholar September 29, 2025 at 1:18 am

    Yes, of course.

  • Mohammed Zubair Alam

    Member May 12, 2026 at 5:28 am

    I have a few objections, or rather questions, here:

    1)Here, the actual act of illicit sex, meaning vaginal intercourse, is only possible in a heterosexual relationship, which is considered the major sin in this regard. And since this attraction is natural, perhaps God made the other forms of it minor sins.

    2)In the case of same-sex acts, how would this logic apply? Firstly, it is considered unnatural. Secondly, there is no room for vaginal intercourse, so there is no “end” of it in that sense. Thirdly, the word “fawahish” includes the whole nature of homosexual acts.

    3)As far as I know, the word “fawahish” includes adultery, homosexual acts, bestiality, incest, and all forms of sexual deviation. And in my understanding, all of them are major sins.

    So, if illicit intercourse is what makes something a major sin, then should the same not apply in the case of bestiality or other such acts? I mean, those are considered even more disgusting.

    4)If you say anal intercourse is the major sin for them, then again that applies only between males. So what about females?

    I really think every act of it is a major sin, otherwise even bestiality or incest would also end up having “minor” levels of sin.

    @Umer25 @Irfan76

  • Dr. Irfan Shahzad

    Scholar May 15, 2026 at 12:55 am

    Illicit sex is a major sin. Sex obviously includes all kinds of sex.

  • Zeeshan

    Member May 15, 2026 at 3:13 pm

    If a case is brought to a judge with required witnesses wouldn’t it need to be checked if it was liwat or no. The sentence is death by stoning. Appreciate your guidance from that perspective. From a perpetrators perspective ofcourse its all major sin.

  • Zeeshan

    Member May 15, 2026 at 8:07 pm

    Please ignore my question. I read up on it and I am clear

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