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Is there a difference between the doer and the one done to in sodomy in terms of sinfulness and prohibition, and does the prohibition and sin fall only on the one done to?

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Both the perpetrator and the victim in this crime and sin are considered sinful, deserving of severe warning, unless the victim was coerced or a minor. In such cases, the victim is not sinful due to the absence of accountability, based on the hadith: "The pen has been lifted from three: from the minor until he reaches puberty, from the madman until he regains his sanity, and from the sleeper until he awakens," and the hadith: "Indeed, Allah has pardoned for my Ummah their mistakes, their forgetfulness, and what they are coerced into."

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