Ruling on Sodomy with a Slave
Source: Fatāwā Amunpūrī by Shaykh Ghulām Muṣṭafā Ẓahīr Amunpūrī
❖ Question
What is the ruling on committing sodomy (liwāṭat) with a slave?
❖ Answer
Sodomy with a slave is the same as liwāṭat. Its prohibition is established through multiple Qur’ānic verses and mutawātir aḥādīth. It is never permissible with anyone; rather, it is ḥarām and a major sin.
❖ Scholarly Consensus
◈ Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī (d. 748H):
((أجمعت الأمة على أن من فعل بمملوكه فهو لوطي مجرم))
“The Ummah has unanimously agreed that whoever commits sodomy with his slave is a sinful sodomite.”
— al-Kabāʾir, p. 60
Conclusion
- Sodomy is prohibited and among the major sins, regardless of whether it is with a slave or anyone else.
- There is unanimous agreement among scholars on its prohibition.
