Fatwa: # 17876
Category: Misc. Fiqh
Country: Kuwait
Date: 27th April 2009

Title

How long after birth can we have intercourse?

Question

1. just  this month i  done circumcision to my son  his age  is 4 month. there is any restriction to having  sex with  my wife during this period .
   it will effect the child health.

2. after birth of child how regularly we can have sex , to maintain child health , my wife  health and my self .

Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

 

1)      There is no restriction of being intimate with your wife after the circumcision of your son. This will not affect the health of the child in anyway.

2)      After childbirth, women have nifaas (bleeding after childbirth). The termination of nifaas differs from individual to individual.  You may resume sexual relations with your wife after the termination of nifaas; not before that. This will not harm the health of your child in anyway.

 

ومنها حرمة الجماع هكذا في النهاية والكفاية وله أن يقبلها ويضاجعها ويستمتع بجميع بدنها ما خلا ما بين السرة والركبة عند أبي حنيفة وأبي يوسف

 

And Allah knows best

Wassalamu Alaikum

Ml. Zakariyya bin Ahmed,
Student Darul Iftaa

Checked and Approved by:

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa

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