How should I act after having been exploited in a deviant relationship that caused me psychological and social harm, and led me to abandon my studies and family, and now that I have begun to return to Allah, my ex-friend who caused me this has returned, but this time he is inviting me to return to my family, so should I return to him and rekindle our friendship, or should I leave him as he is?

The abomination of sodomy is immense and among the gravest of sins; indeed, it may even be greater than murder. We advise you to make sincere repentance and return to your family, severing all ties with whoever embellished this disobedience for you. Strive to find righteous company that will help you remain steadfast, and cooperate with them in seeking knowledge and doing good deeds. We advise you to hasten to marry a righteous woman, for she is the best provision of this world and one of the greatest means of chastity. Beware of thinking about suicide, for it is not a solution but rather the greatest calamity.