A Pre-Modern Defense of the Hadiths on Sodomy An Annotated Translation and Analysis of al-Suyuti’s Attaining the Hoped-for in Service of the Messenger (s)
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This article provides an annotated translation of a treatise written by the famous scholar Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505) in defense of the hadiths condemning sodomy (liwāṭ). The article situates such a defense within the current discourse on Islam and homosexuality, summarizing the main arguments for and against the prohibition of liwāṭ as well as how the “traditionalist” and "Progressive” camps have constructed their arguments.This article provides an annotated translation of a treatise written by the famous scholar Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505) in defense of the hadiths condemning sodomy (liwāṭ). The article situates such a defense within the current discourse on Islam and homosexuality, summarizing the main arguments for and against the prohibition of liwāṭ as well as how the “traditionalist” and "Progressive” camps have constructed their arguments.
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Jonathan Brown, Dr., Georgetown University
Jonathan Brown is the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization, the School of ForeignService, Georgetown University; director of the Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian
Understanding; and author of The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim (2007), Hadith:
Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (2009), Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction (2011), and Misquoting Muhammad (2014); and editor-in-chief, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law."Jonathan Brown is the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization, the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; director of the Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding; and author of The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim (2007), Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (2009), Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction (2011), and Misquoting Muhammad (2014); and editor-in-chief, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law."
