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So this person considers themselves as a practicing Muslim women who is very religious

and they stated that the only inner battle they're having with themselves is

having feelings towards other women and they stated that they know that this is

her arm so they're asking how should they address these feelings without feeling less religious

and how should we as Muslims deal with homosexual feelings and what should I do if a friend or relative

is struggling with the same sex desires.

Wama a rus

al-Sal-Namin co-venika

ill-laid jalan

no he ila-i'm fas alu al-A la-de-hi-riam So we firmly believe that a desire in and of itself is not sinful. It can lead to sin, but a desire of feeling is not sinful and you are no

less of a Muslim for having a desire. And therefore the sister says that she feels you know less of a Muslim or she feels

her Islam is not you know strong simply because she has a certain persuasion and

we say no that is not correct what your persuasion is or what you are attracted to or your feelings or desires do not at all make you any less of a Muslim.

Now Allah Azaegel has clearly told us that not every desire is healthy, okay? I might desire to

consume substances are going to alter my mind. I might desire to be with a person

that is not a female that is not my wife. That desire is not in and of

itself sinful but it is something that is harmful if acted upon and therefore we are

told in our religion that the desires that lead to sin should be curbed.

Now listen, this is a very key point.

The existence of the desire is not sinful, but to act upon it is indeed sinful and therefore to make sure that we keep those

desires in check is the essence of our faith and it is in that that our ranks are

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