‘And Isma’eel and Yasah and Yunus and Lut – and all [of them] We preferred over the Worlds.’
Assalamu alaikum, fellow Muslims and non-Muslims.
We may all know the importance of the Qur’an, the Holy Book written by Allah (swt). However, we may not necessarily follow the teachings of the Qur’an and follow the role models that were sent to the Earth to spread the word of Islam. In order to remind you of the important lessons taught by each of the significant prophets mentioned in the Qur’an, I will In Sha Allah, be starting a prophets series. This will contain lessons I learnt from each of the prophets. I am trying my best to In Sha Allah post every day of Ramadan about each prophet.
Today, we will talk about our eighth prophet, wh came into the city of gay people. He is Lut (pbuh). If you would like to know the story, sources are available below. If I also make any mistakes, I apologise and Allah (swt) knows the best.
In Islam, being gay or part of LGBT is evil and Haram.
Lut (pbuh) advised his people to worship Allah and not to be gay. Being gay is the biggest sin to Allah (swt).
It can be harder to follow your religion if you have a disbelieving spouse.
Lut (pbuh) had a disbelieving wife, just like Nuh (pbuh).
You should help good people or travellers.
Lut (pbuh) guided the angels, thinking they were travellers and hosted them at home (you need to be safe though).
Keep secrets if you are told to keep them and don’t spread secret news.
Lut’s wife then told everyone about these attractive men who had come and many people wanted to meet the attractive men and harm them.
When you host for some guests, you take the responsibility to guide and protect them.
Lut (pbuh) protected his guests who were the angels from all his people.
Allah can send punishments to destroy the city if you sin.
The city was fully destroyed to warn people not to be gay and you should only worship Allah (swt).
These were some of the lessons that I captured from Lut (pbuh). The story of Lut (pbuh) is beautifully said in this Youtube video and book which I used to create this article:
Please share this article with your family and friends to get some rewards this Ramadan. In Sha Allah, you will stay well.
Thank you for reading and have a lovely day!