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"If a friend hugs his friend and kisses him on his mouth and all over his body, is this considered sodomy (liwat)? "

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"Praise be to Allah, and prayers and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family and companions. Proceeding:

It is not permissible for a man to kiss a man or a woman to kiss a woman out of lust, nor is embracing without a barrier permissible. The Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade hugging without a barrier and kissing. However, if the kissing is done out of goodwill and honoring, it is permissible. This is not considered sodomy, which requires a legal penalty, as sodomy, according to religious law, is the insertion of the glans into the male's anus. Kissing between spouses is permissible enjoyment, even recommended, before intercourse."

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