Muslims say "I love you!" other Muslims (for the sake of Allah)
Question: What Does Islam Say About Same-Sex Marriages?
Answer: How can you have a true "marriage" from two of the same thing?
The word "marriage" in English the word carries the meaning of: any close or intimate association or union: the marriage of words and music in a hit song. Synonyms: blend, merger, unity, oneness; alliance, confederation. Antonyms: separation, division, disunion, schism.
You can marry or blend together ingredients that are not from the exact same sources, like for instance, an egg and a banana. But you what is it to blend two parts of the same banana together? Just more banana pudding.
Islamic views on homosexuality are influenced by the rulings prescribed by the Quran and the teachings of the Islamic prophet Muhammed. Qur'anic verses and hadith condemn sexual acts between members of the same sex. Islam, one of the Abrahamic religions along with Judaism and Christianity, rejected homosexuality from the religion's beginning.
LOVE IN ISLAM FOR FELLOW MAN (WOMAN)
Often times the non-Muslim will mistake the love between males and the love between females as being related to homosexuality, when in fact it is the true love of a brother or sister in faith. This is frequently demonstrated through expressions from the teachings of Islam itself, such as, "I love you in Allah" - being said to a member of the same gender. Other considerations are poetry and nasheeds (Islamic songs) expressing the deep and true love that transcends this life and is of the highest recommended emotions between any humans, that being the "Love for the sake of Allah".
SAME SEX RELATIONS (homosexual acts) ....
The Quran cites the story of the "people of Lot" (also known as the Sodomites) who were destroyed by the wrath of Allah because they engaged in homosexual acts (also according to the book of Genesis in the Old Testament Bible).
PUNISHMENT
The legal punishment for sodomy has varied quite a bit between the Bible (death to both participants) and Quran.
According to the different juristic schools: some prescribe a milder discretionary punishment and others offer the death penalty for the habitual practicitioner. Homosexuality is a crime and forbidden in Shar'iah Law. In some relatively secular or multi-religious Islamic countries like, Indonesia and Turkey there is still the attitude that it is forbidden and not acceptable, however it is not likely to find the death penalty prescribed in cases brought to trial.
Eminent scholars of Islam, such as Sheikh ul-Islam Imam Malik, Imam Shafi amongst others, rule that Islam disallows homosexuality and ordains capital punishment for a person guilty of it.
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The Qur'an, the central text of Islam believed by Muslims to be the revelation of God,[5] is explicit in its condemnation of homosexuality.[6][7] The Qur'an proclaims Islam as the "religion of nature," and sanctifies and encourages sexual intercourse within marriages only. Specific verses condemning homosexuality include:
“And (We sent) Lut when he said to his people: What! do you commit an indecency which any one in the world has not done before you? Most surely you come to males in lust besides females; nay you are an extravagant people. And the answer of his people was no other than that they said: Turn them out of your town, surely they are a people who seek to purify (themselves). So We delivered him and his followers, except his wife; she was of those who remained behind. And We rained upon them a rain; consider then what was the end of the guilty.”[7:80–84 (Translated by Shakir)]
“The people of Lut gave the lie to the messengers. When their brother Lut said to them: Will you not guard (against evil)? Surely I am a faithful messenger to you; Therefore guard against (the punishment of) God and obey me: And I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds; What! do you come to the males from among the creatures And leave what your Lord has created for you of your wives? Nay, you are a people exceeding limits. They said: If you desist not, O Lut! you shall surely be of those who are expelled. He said: Surely I am of those who utterly abhor your actions. My Lord! deliver me and my followers from what they do. So We delivered him and his followers all, Except an old woman, among those who remained behind. Then We utterly destroyed the others. And We rained down upon them a rain, and evil was the rain on those warned. Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe. And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.”[26:160–175 (Translated by Shakir)]
“And (We sent) Lut, when he said to his people: What! do you commit indecency while you see? What! do you indeed approach men lustfully rather than women? Nay, you are a people who act ignorantly. But the answer of his people was no other except that they said: Turn out Lut's followers from your town; surely they are a people who would keep pure! But We delivered him and his followers except his wife; We ordained her to be of those who remained behind. And We rained on them a rain, and evil was the rain of those who had been warned.”[27:54–58 (Translated by Shakir)]
“And (We sent) Lut when he said to his people: Most surely you are guilty of an indecency which none of the nations has ever done before you; What! do you come to the males and commit robbery on the highway, and you commit evil deeds in your assemblies? But nothing was the answer of his people except that they said: Bring on us God's punishment, if you are one of the truthful. He said: My Lord! help me against the mischievous people.”[29:28–30 (Translated by Shakir)]
“And as for those who are guilty of an indecency from among your women, call to witnesses against them four (witnesses) from among you; then if they bear witness confine them to the houses until death takes them away or Allah opens some way for them. And as for the two who are guilty of indecency from among you, give them both a punishment; then if they repent and amend, turn aside from them; surely Allah is Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful.”[4:15–16 (Translated by Shakir)]
