^4 3- Upon the philosophy of the prohibition of sodomy...

^4 3- Upon the philosophy of the prohibition of sodomy, Ali ibn-Mus-ar-Rida (as) in a tradition says: “The reason of the prohibition of men for men and women for women is that this is spite of the natural sate that Allah has set for man and woman (and opposition with this natural innate nature causes the deviation of man’s soul and body) and it is for this reason that if men and women pursue sodomy, man’s generation will be ceased and the device of social life will become imperfect, and the world will be wasted.” [^5] From the view point of Islam, this action is so ugly and shameful that its punishment in Islamic jurisprudence doubtlessly is…