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Is touching another person's private parts as a joke considered sodomy or sexual perversion?

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It is forbidden for a man to touch the body of another man in areas that are not permissible to look at, especially the grave 'awrah (private parts). The prohibition is even more emphasized if it is done with the intention of deriving pleasure. It is unanimously forbidden to look at an attractive beardless youth (amrad) with lust, as well as to look at a bearded man or a mahram (unmarriageable kin) with lust. This act is a form of sexual deviance, even if it does not reach the level of sodomy (liwat) that necessitates a prescribed punishment (hadd). Fondling and looking with lust may cause the perpetrator to be considered like one who commits the grave indecency (fahishah kubra) if he persists in it. Guardians must monitor the morals of adolescents and educate them.

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