You are obliged to repent

23-3-2006 | IslamWeb

Question:

I committed a great sin. I touched the private parts of my relative when he was sleeping, but he does not know about the incident until now. I was fifteen years old then, and I repented and greatly regretted what I did, so is this homosexuality?
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalt his mention as well as that of his family and all his companions.

 

You are obliged to repent for what you did because what you did is forbidden, and there is a consensus among the scholars may Allaah have mercy upon them that it is forbidden. The Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) said: "A man should not look to the 'Awrah (parts of the body that must be covered in Islam) of another man, and a woman should not look to the Awrah of another woman. A man should not undress another man, and a woman should not undress another woman.” [Muslim, Ahmad and At-Tirmithi] An-Nawawi may Allaah have mercy upon him in his interpretation of the narration reported by Muslim may Allaah have mercy upon him said: 'This is evidence that it is forbidden to touch the 'Awrah of another person in any part of his/her body, and this is something agreed upon [among the scholars].' Nonetheless, this act is not homosexuality but it leads to it.

Allaah Knows best.

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