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layout: post
title: "Lesbianism and its Hadd"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Al-Da'imah of KSA no. 17867-4"
hijri: Muharram 10, 1442 AH
lang: en
note: true
uid: lesbianism-and-its-hadd
excerpt: "Lesbianism stands for homosexuality between females. It is forbidden and those who commit it have to be punished with Ta'zir (discretionary punishment) and not Hadd (ordained punishment for violating Allah's Law)."
category: [hudud,homosexual,lesbianism]
muftis:
  chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
  deputy_chairman:
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Aal al-Shayykh
      url: /biography/abdulaziz/
  members:
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan
      url: /biography/ghudayyan/
    - name: Shaykh Salih Fawzan
      url: /biography/fawzan/
    - name: Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd
      url: /biography/bakr/
---

Question: 

What is the meaning of lesbianism? Is there any punishment for it?

Answer:

Lesbianism stands for homosexuality between females. It is forbidden and those who commit it have to be punished with Ta'zir (discretionary punishment) and not Hadd (ordained punishment for violating Allah's Law).