I am a gay muslim what should i do

Explore our comprehensive guide on how Muslims can engage respectfully with the LGBT community while adhering to Islamic beliefs. This resource discusses the importance of rejecting immorality while promoting understanding and compassion. Many Muslims who are gay often, in order to keep it a secret, often go for very short relationships where it's mostly about hooking up. Looking for night partners instead of life partners.

The way to deal with your problem is as follows: Firstly: You have to repent sincerely from your heart, turn to Allah, regret what you have done, and pray a great deal to Allah, asking Him to forgive you and help you to get rid of this problem. For Allah is most Generous and is Close and always Responsive. Work on acknowledging and accepting yourself for exactly who you are before you worry about what anyone else things of you.

Reach out to a supportive friend, a therapist, or a hotline if you feel like you want to hurt yourself. Understand that the Quran does not necessarily condemn homosexuality. In cases where a person is unable to act on their sexual instincts, one may try various ways to help tame the desires as much as possible: 1. Fasting or diminishing one’s food: This was the advice of the Prophet ﷺ to those who cannot marry.

Some people find, at first, that fasting increases sexual desire, but over time this should pass. If we utilize our God-given gifts wisely and for the greater good, we can do wonders inshaAllah. I am fourteen the year we read Surah Maryam in Quran class.

Later on, I found out that many struggling homosexuals came to him for advice and counselling. We, as in the twenty-odd students in my grade, in the girls' section of the Islamic school that I attend in this rich Arab country that my family has moved to. She stopped going home as much and feels like their relationship has never recovered, but her mum agreed to keep it a secret.

However, this therapy, which is tailored on a case-by-case basis, may or may not work. Do you have a unique experience or personal story to share? Anger with Spouse. Just like these examples are struggling in and of themselves, homosexual thoughts and tendencies are no less than struggles as well. She knew she wanted to tell her mum about this "massive thing" but knew it would cause pain.

Others have been desensitized to issues related to sexuality and gender roles from a young age, that their perception of masculinity and femininity is quite erroneous. Others denounce Islamic rules altogether arguing that in modern times, such rules do not apply, hence they call for a reformation in Islamic laws taken for granted as solid foundations of religion. Make your struggles entirely for His sake, and they will be worth it.

She had the cultural and religious understanding - she knew how to behave. I was around 18, and he was a non-religious psychologist and counsellor. Already have a WordPress. Top stories. Did Maryam say that no man has touched her because she didn't like men? To me personally, there was always something different. I used to go up on the train, meet for a few hours, go to a pub, have some food. And since then it's very much been about religion.

Homosexuality in islam

With all my heart, I love you. The gamer who spent seven years in his dressing gown. I stop writing my note, stop looking at my watch, stop trying to decide what I'll eat for lunch, stop breathing for a second. Homosexuality has been present in humanity for centuries, and for as long as it has been there, homosexuals have been struggling with themselves, their families and society at large.

Then from 18, 19, I [thought], 'maybe I need to look for lesbian women'. Learn how your comment data is processed. One of the most dangerous pitfalls I have personally experienced was thinking that God hated me. As for her father, Miriam recently saw him at a family gathering with other relatives who don't know about her sexuality.