The repentance of the homosexual

Reference: Ijaabatus-Saa.il ‘alaa Ahammil-Masaa.il q182 p363

Question: Is there any repentance for the one who commits the sin of homosexuality?

Response: The repentance is accepted [as] Allaah سبحانه و تعالى says:

{And verily, I am indeed forgiving to him who repents, believes (in My Oneness, and associates none in worship with Me) and does righteous good deeds, and then remains constant in doing them (till his death)} TaaHaa 20:82

…and that which is narrated that even if the homosexual was to bathe in the water of the sea it would not cleanse him [of this sin], then this hadeeth is a fabrication and incorrectly attributed to the Prophet ﷺ, and Allaah [alone] has the Complete knowledge [of all affairs].


Translation originally published on 16 May, 2005.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004.