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Intimacy & Marital Relations

703 fatawa from 6 South African Darul Iftas on Intimacy & Marital Relations, part of Marriage. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.

Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.

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Mufti Online513Ask Imaam173Jamiat KZN10Ibn Masood4MUBZ2Azaadville1

Intimacy & Marital Relations fatawa — page 2 of 18

  1. Mufti Online27 Nov 2022

    Having intimate relations on the first night of nikaah

    Is it compulsory or necessary for a couple to have intimate relations on the first night of nikaah?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  2. Jamiat KZN27 Oct 2022

    Marrying a child from a relationship of Zina

    Assalamu alaykum mufti sab there is this Muslim guy who was making zina with a certain woman untill she become pregnant and has a child now. she has…

  3. Mufti Online23 Oct 2022

    Questions related to intimacy

    I have a few personal questions regarding a halaal husband and wife that are in Nikaah. 1. When does ghusal actually become fardh, when the male…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  4. Mufti Online28 Aug 2022

    Spouses getting intimate after nikaah before rukhsati

    Is it permissible to get physical after nikaah without ruksati?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  5. Mufti Online29 Jun 2022

    Advising a person who is attracted to the same gender

    With regard to the LGBT, if a person says that Allah created me like this, I know it is wrong but it is not in my control and he has the inclination…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  6. Ask Imaam28 Feb 2022

    Husband always tells his wife that their relationship is over

    Asalamu alaikum wa rahmatu Allah wa Barakatu: To Whom it may concern: I would like to know when a husband tells his wife the relationship between us…

    Mohamed Ebrahim bin Ismail Abdullah
  7. Mufti Online17 Feb 2022

    Having no inclination towards the opposite gender

    I do not feel any attraction towards the opposite gender. I am now nearing the age of marriage. What can I do in this matter? If a male is attracted…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  8. Mufti Online4 Dec 2021

    Having relations with one's wife during her menses (haidh)

    1. Is intercourse during periods haraam? 2. Can it be done using condoms?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  9. Mufti Online21 Nov 2021

    Breastfeeding after two years

    If my niece (sister's daughter) drank my breast milk at the age of two years and two months, will my son's be considered as her milk brothers?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  10. Mufti Online16 Oct 2021

    Spouses having relations after haidh ends

    If the wife was ending her haidh and stopped bleeding for a whole day and made ghusl and afterwards had relations with her husband and after having…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  11. Azaadville12 Oct 2021

    Intimacy On the First Night Of Marriage

    Is it Sunnah for a newly married couple to have intercourse on the first night ?

  12. Mufti Online29 Jun 2021

    Wife refusing husband from having relations with her due to being tired

    Can a wife refuse her husband from having relations with her due to being very tired and in need of sleep?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  13. Ask Imaam21 Jun 2021

    Is intimacy between a couple allowed before the Rukhsati?

    السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Please let me know if it is permissible for a husband to hug , kiss her wife after nikkah but before “ Rukhsati “…

    Ebrahim Ibn Ahmed Dadan
  14. Mufti Online11 Feb 2021

    Is a foster daughter a mahram for her foster uncle?

    Is a woman's foster children (i.e. the children she breastfed) who are female mahram for her biological brother?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  15. Mufti Online11 Feb 2021

    Engaging in intimacy with one's wife when she is spotting

    When a woman is starting her period, but before the blood could flow there was spotting and few drops of blood. Can her husband engage in intimacy…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  16. Mufti Online11 Feb 2021

    People with gender dysphoria getting married

    If someone was born a male but considers himself as a female or gender dysphoria. And the same case if a female was born with gender dysphoria. Can…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  17. Mufti Online28 Jan 2021

    Condition for a marriage to be consummated

    For consummation of marriage, is it mandatory for husband to ejaculate in vagina or penetration is sufficient without ejaculation on wedding night?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  18. Ask Imaam19 Jan 2021

    Marital relations before the husband pays the Mahr

    After a nikah was done and mahr was stipulated, can a husband have marital relations with the wife before he has actually paid her the Mahr?

    Hasan Ahmed Razzak
  19. Mufti Online5 Dec 2020

    Husband having an affair with a boy

    A married woman who is a mother of a 7 year old child is unhappy with her husband having an extra marital affair with a boy. They term it as a good…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  20. Mufti Online19 Oct 2020

    Same-sex marriages

    Is it permissible in Islam for a girl to marry a girl or a boy to marry a boy? Will this type of nikaah take place?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  21. Mufti Online8 Oct 2020

    Taubah for having relations with someone else's wife

    If anyone commits adultery or fahashi with someone else's wife, but not sexual intercourse, how does he ask repent to Allah for this sin? Is this…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  22. Mufti Online14 Sep 2020

    Relations with one's wife during haidh

    Is it haraam in Islam to do any kind of sexual behaviour with one's wife in her periods?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  23. Mufti Online14 Sep 2020

    Feeling lust after unintentionally looking at one's sons private part

    If a woman unintentionally (accidentally) looks at the private part of her adult son without clothes by mistake and she lowers her gaze, but due to…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  24. Mufti Online10 Sep 2020

    Husband not fulfilling his wife's marital needs

    If a wife lives with her husband and takes care of her, but doees not fulfil her marital needs. What should she do? How long should she bear this…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  25. Mufti Online10 Sep 2020

    Transgenders in Islam

    What does the Quraan says about transgenders?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  26. Ask Imaam8 Sep 2020

    Intimate toys - Husband & wife relations

    As salaamu alaikum I know that masterbation is haram but if the wife masterbates the husband it is allowed. My question is if it is allowed to use…

    Muhammad I.V Patel
  27. Mufti Online5 Sep 2020

    Hurmat-e-musaaharah being established by looking at the private part of a woman

    Does looking at the private parts of a woman also establish hurmat-e-musaaharah even if one does not touch the other person?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  28. Mufti Online1 Sep 2020

    Combatting thoughts and feelings of homosexuality

    I'm a 27 year old homosexual guy. My parents want me to get married but I have zero interest in girls. All my life I've never been in any kind…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  29. Mufti Online29 Aug 2020

    Husband not fulfilling wife's conjugal rights

    It's been 4 months since my husband had sex with me, is it okay in Islam?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  30. Mufti Online24 Aug 2020

    Facing the qiblah while being intimate with one's wife

    1. When I am intimate with my wife, we sometimes face the qiblah while kissing, hugging, rolling on bed, etc. But we are nude and we face the…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  31. Ask Imaam18 Jul 2020

    How should a married couple be intimate?

    Assalammualikum warahmatullah I've read that it is disliked for a couple to have sex while totally nude. I would like to know how much of their body…

    Mirza-Zain Baig
  32. Ask Imaam23 Jun 2020

    What should a woman do if her husband forgets to recite the Dua at the time of intimacy?

    salam i wanted to ask what should a wife do when the husbands forgets to recite the dua during inzaal and the hamal sets in ? it is said that there…

    Mohamed Ebrahim bin Ismail Abdullah
  33. Ask Imaam11 May 2020

    Relations with pregnant wife - Is this permissible?

    Hi Mufti. Hope you are in good health. My wife is pregnant, will it be okay to have intercourse?

    Abrar Habib
  34. Ask Imaam7 Apr 2020

    Should a homosexual get married?

    Assalaamu Alaikum, I have been asked the following question. I would appreciate your response to it. I know the act of homosexuality is haraam in…

  35. Mufti Online31 Mar 2020

    Swallowing sperm

    Can you swallow sperm in Islam?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  36. Mufti Online19 Feb 2020

    Making wudhu after having relations with one's wife

    After relations with ones wife, if one intends to sleep without ghusl, the hadith mentions making wudhu. Is this classified as a sunnat?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  37. Mufti Online15 Feb 2020

    Having relations with one's wife before rukhsati

    Can we have sex after nikaah but before rukhsati?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  38. Mufti Online28 Jan 2020

    Waleemah before sexual relations

    1. Is it mandatory to have sex before walima? Many say walima is not halaal and first nights usually are not like what we see in movies as many…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  39. Ask Imaam18 Jan 2020

    The etiquettes of Marital relations

    Assalamu alaikum, Respected Mufti Sahab, I would like to ask some question regarding bed issues. I have read the book Islamic Guide to Sexual…

    Ahmad Patel
  40. Mufti Online17 Nov 2019

    Choosing a spouse who is not committed to Deen

    There is a girl whom I like very much and when my family met her family, my parents didn't like her family much because they don't follow parda. My…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada

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