Fatwa: # 19786
Category: Marriage
Country: Canada
Date: 22nd February 2012

Title

Which posture of having sex is forbidden in Islam?

Question

What kind of sex is forbidden in Islam between the husband and the wife? I tried to open your website regarding this matter, but it is not opening. Nowadays, when there is glamour all over, so many newly married people ask this question and they refer to the Quranic verse in which Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala says “Orat tumhari khatee hai, jaha say chaho dakhil ho jao.” Please answer this question.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

The verse of the Quran which you have refered to is as follows:

 

نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ…

“Your wives are a place of sowing of seed for you, so come to your place of cultivation however you wish.”

(Quran 2:223)

“…however you wish” in this verse indicates that conjugal relationship can be done in any posture.[i] However, the only posture which is Harām is in the rear.[ii]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mawlana Abdul Hannan Nizami,
Student Darul Iftaa
USA

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
www.daruliftaa.net


[i] تفسير الجلالين (ص: 47) دار الحديث - القاهرة

{نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْث لَكُمْ} أَيْ مَحَلّ زَرْعكُمْ الْوَلَد {فَأْتُوا حَرْثكُمْ} أَيْ مَحَلّه وَهُوَ الْقُبُل {أَنَّى} كَيْفَ {شِئْتُمْ} مِنْ قِيَام وَقُعُود وَاضْطِجَاع وَإِقْبَال وَإِدْبَار وَنَزَلَ رَدًّا لِقَوْلِ الْيَهُود مَنْ أَتَى امْرَأَته فِي قُبُلهَا أَيْ مِنْ جِهَة دُبُرهَا جَاءَ الْوَلَد أَحْوَل

 

تفسير الرازي = مفاتيح الغيب أو التفسير الكبير (6/ 422) دار إحياء التراث العربي - بيروت

وَجَبَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهَا فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي أَمَرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِهِ ثُمَّ هَذَا غَيْرُ مَحْمُولٍ عَلَى الدُّبُرِ…

الْوَجْهُ الثَّانِي: أَنَّ كَلِمَةَ «أَنَّى» مَعْنَاهَا أَيْنَ، قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: أَنَّى لَكِ هَذَا قالَتْ هُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ [آلِ عِمْرَانَ: 37] وَالتَّقْدِيرُ: مِنْ أَيْنَ لَكِ هَذَا فَصَارَ تَقْدِيرُ الْآيَةِ: فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَيْنَ شِئْتُمْ وَكَلِمَةُ: أَيْنَ شِئْتُمْ، تَدُلُّ عَلَى تَعَدُّدِ الأمكنة: اجْلِسْ أَيْنَ شِئْتَ وَيَكُونُ هَذَا تَخْيِيرًا بَيْنَ الْأَمْكِنَةِ.

 

سنن أبي داود (2/ 249) المكتبة العصرية، صيدا - بيروت

حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، عَنْ وَكِيعٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ مَخْلَدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَلْعُونٌ مَنْ أَتَى امْرَأَتَهُ فِي دُبُرِهَا»

 

[ii] سنن الترمذي ت شاكر (3/ 461) شركة مكتبة ومطبعة مصطفى البابي الحلبي - مصر

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْأَشَجُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ، عَنْ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ مَخْرَمَةَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا يَنْظُرُ اللَّهُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ أَتَى رَجُلًا أَوْ امْرَأَةً فِي الدُّبُرِ»

 

سنن ابن ماجه (1/ 619) دار إحياء الكتب العربية - فيصل عيسى البابي الحلبي

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ مُخَلَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «لَا يَنْظُرُ اللَّهُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ جَامَعَ امْرَأَتَهُ فِي دُبُرِهَا»

 

 

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