However, homosexual relationships were generally tolerated in pre-modern Islamic societies, and historical record suggests that these laws were invoked infrequently, mainly in cases of rape or other "exceptionally blatant infringement on public morals".
Međutim, homoseksualni odnosi su se uglavnom tolerisali u predmodernim islamskim društvima, a istorijski zapisi sugerišu da su ovi zakoni retko korišćeni, uglavnom u slučajevima silovanja ili drugih „izuzetno očiglednih kršenja javnog morala".