Fatwa: # 18582
Category: Marriage
Country: United States
Date: 1st April 2010

Title

I am going to be married to a muslim man who is already married. What i want to know and shy to ask him, is ,if three of us will get involved. What i mean by that is, can he..

Question

I am going to be married to a muslim man who is already married.  What i want to know and shy to ask him, is ,if three of us will get involved. What i mean by that is, can he ask us  both to be in bed with him. Is that one of his rights?

Answer

 

In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful


Assalāmu ῾alaykum wa Rahmatullāhi Wabarakātuh

 

The laws of Satar (exposing of private parts) are relaxed between a man and his wives however, such laws are not relaxed between the co-wives. Hence, it is not permissible to have intercourse with more than one wife at the same time, due to the satar being exposed between the co-wives. Furthermore, the husband cannot argue this as one of his right’s nor do the wives’ need to obey him on this aspect.

 

(Raddul Muhtaar, Vol.6, Pg.371, HM Saeed)[1]

(Bahishti Zewar, Pg.347, Zam Zam)

(Ftaawa Mahmudiyyah, Vol.19, Pg.239, Faruqiyah)

(Al Hindiyyah, Vol.5, Pg.327, Rasheediyah)

And Allāh Ta῾āla Knows Best

Wassalāmu ῾alaykum 

Ml. Ebrahim Desai,
Student Dārul Iftā

Checked and Approved by:

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Dārul Iftā

 


[1] وَتَنْظُرُ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمُسْلِمَةُ مِنْ الْمَرْأَةِ كَالرَّجُلِ مِنْ الرَّجُلِ ) وَقِيلَ كَالرَّجُلِ لِمَحْرَمِهِ وَالْأَوَّلُ أَصَحُّ سِرَاجٌ ( وَكَذَا ) تَنْظُرُ الْمَرْأَةُ  ( مِنْ الرَّجُلِ ) كَنَظَرِ الرَّجُلِ لِلرَّجُلِ ( إنْ أَمِنَتْ شَهْوَتَهَا ) فَلَوْ لَمْ تَأْمَنْ أَوْ خَافَتْ أَوْ شَكَّتْ حَرُمَ اسْتِحْسَانًا كَالرَّجُلِ هُوَ الصَّحِيحُ فِي الْفَصْلَيْنِ تَتَارْخَانِيَّةٌ مَعْزِيًّا لِلْمُضْمَرَاتِ

 

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