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روي عن علي بن ابي طالب رضي الله عنه أنه اُتيَ بلوطي فاُصعِد المئذنة ثم رُميَ منكّساً على رأسه وقال هكذا يُرمى به في نار جهنم

رسائل الجاحظ الرسالة الثالثة عشرة كتاب مفاخرة الجواري والغلمان

It was narrated from ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that a homosexual was brought to him; he was made to ascend the minaret and then he was flung upside-down head first. And ‘Ali said: This is how they get thrown into hellfire.

The Letters of Al-Jahidh; The thirteenth letter: The book of pomposity among servant girls and boys

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