u/Embarrassed_Train

If a scientist was able to proof that homosexuality has some natural benefits in biology in both animals in humans ( for example, if multiple genes that code for homosexuality are beneficial because they decrease competition between males) or if any current hypothesis about homosexuality being beneficial turned out to be true… would this be an issue for Islam? Because it would mean that Allah forbade something potentially beneficial.

Sorry if this argument is ridiculous, but I really would like someone to debunk it. Jazakm Allah khair

If a scientist was able to proof that homosexuality has some natural benefits in biology in both animals in humans ( for example, if multiple genes that code for homosexuality are beneficial because they decrease competition between males) or if any current hypothesis about homosexuality being beneficial turned out to be true… would this be an issue for Islam? Because it would mean that Allah forbade something potentially beneficial.

Sorry if this argument is ridiculous, but I really would like someone to debunk it. Jazakm Allah khair

Salam.

There is a bit of a unique problem related to the scientific origins of homosexuality. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/artic les/PMC9171406/ for example this article discusses that during pregnancy, a woman's hormones and genes might affect the child's sexuality to a point where he becomes homosexual.

there is also some "evolution" related evidence such as the gay uncle hypothesis (or kin selection hypothesis) which is an evolutionary theory proposing that homosexual individuals, while not having their own children, increase their own genetic success by investing resources, care, and attention into their siblings' children (nieces and nephews). By supporting them they pass down indirectly their "gay" genes.

two issues here; 1- if someone is indeed born homosexual due to hormonal effects when they were a fetus, and they have natural inclination to be gay, how does this not contradict the Islamic Fitrah (natural inclination to believe in God and do Islamic behaviors). Many scholars have said that homosexuality is against the Fitrah, however the evidence suggests that one can be born with natural inclination to be gay. How can we reconcile that with the existence of Fitrah?

2- There is a wide consensus that evolution does not contradict Islam (except on humans). Wouldn't the evolutionary explanations of homosexuality make Islam and evolution not compatible ?

I have never went to a neurologist about this

Physicalism describes that consciousness is entirely natural (due to the nervous system and other bodily process) and that the soul does not exist. Can a Muslim believe that?

Physicalism describes that consciousness is entirely natural (due to the nervous system and other bodily process) and that the soul does not exist. Can a Muslim believe that?