Homosexuality

• Q1 - If Allah is All-Knowing as stated in the Quran, that means He knows all, and that includes every choice I have ever made and those that I will make in the future. Knowing that means that Allah has predetermined our lives. Doesn't that mean that gay people are all going to hell? Gays do not choose who they fall in love with, it has to do with the emotion of love which is controlled by the brain. Allah is the one who put our emotions in us as He is the one who created us, so why does He send them to hell? 

  A - As you have mentioned Allah is All-Knowing but His knowledge does not force our choices. Allahs knowledge is that He knows what kind of choices we will make. The knowledge itself does not affect our free will. For example, if someone is standing on a building and sees that a car is going to collide with another car, his/her knowledge does not cause the collision. Secondly, love is an emotion that we might not have control over but our actions are controllable. For example, if I feel angry, I might not be able to control my feeling of anger but I can control my actions in reaction to this anger, i.e. choose not to hit someone. In conclusion, Allah created human beings with free will to choose their life choices.

  
  
  

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• Q2 - I heard that if a gay man marries a woman without telling he that he's gay, the marriage is void. This is my situation and my wife does not know about this even though I have not acted on my homosexuality. I have been married for five years, is my marriage accepted by Allah? 

  A - Al Hamdulilah that you are out of that situation and I pray for you. Your marriage is okay but I urge you to seek Islamic counseling from a local scholar to help you through these thoughts. You need to have strong commitment not to go towards that path and focus on the bigger picture and your purpose inpleasing Allah.

  
  
  

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• Q3 - I have a co-worker who is a lesbian and she is only attracted to women. Since I am a woman, do I have to wear hijab in front of her or can I leave it off? Is it mostahab or vajeb? 

  A - It is better to cover. Mustahab and wajib depends on conditions and if you feel that there is aprobability that they will look lustfully towards you then you need to cover.

  
  
  

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• Q4 - Are islam alow to play with your nipples for boys?
  because i am 15 year old and not do masterbution but i play with my nipples at alone
  pleas tell ne the ansewr

  
  
  

  A -

  Bismⁱ-Hɪ Taʿālá
  
  as-Salāmᵘ ʿalay-kum,

  
  
  

  Doing this is not problematic, but the intention is neither to achieve desire through it nor to avoid getting discharged

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