What are the permittable sex positions for muslims?
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Answer:
Sex positions liberties
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Statement: it
is a emberrasing questionthat is why i wasnt able to ask anybody else
Beloved sister in Islam, never ever hesitate or feel
embarrassed or apologize for asking any questions in the deen; for the deen or
‘way of life’ called Al-Islam is based on the Perfect Wisdom and Knowledge of
the All Knowing Lord, and every single command of the All Wise Lord is abundant
in common-sense and logic. Asking any
type of questions in Islam to gain more knowledge, or to confirm the Truth so
that one’s heart is more content, or to understand and thus follow with more
conviction the dictates of the deen is not only permissible, but absolutely
encouraged in Islam. It is the right of
the brother or sister to ask anything they wish to clarify in the deen; and it
is the responsibility and duty of the good scholars to address the question
asked to the best of their knowledge and ability, and in the most polite and
humble manner.
What is discouraged in Islam is if one asks questions only
for the sake of asking, or arguing to ridicule the Truth with absolutely no
intention of obeying or following when the Truth is made clear to them,
etc. But if one asks questions to
clarify and seek knowledge so that one may better follow the deen; such seeking
of the Knowledge of Truth is absolutely encouraged in Islam
Your Question: what
are the permittable sex positions for muslims?
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verses 222-223:
222 They ask thee concerning women's courses. Say: ‘They are a hurt and a pollution; so
keep away from women in their courses and do not approach them until they are
clean. But when they have purified
themselves ye may approach them in any manner time or place ordained for you by
Allah. For Allah loves those who turn to
Him constantly and He loves those who keep themselves pure and clean.’
223 Your wives are as a tilth unto you; so approach your tilth
when or how ye will. But do some
good act for your souls beforehand; and fear Allah and know that ye are to meet
Him (in the Hereafter) and give (these) good tidings to those who believe.
Abu Dhar al-Ghafari reported: ‘The Messenger
of Allah (saws) said: “there is a reward for you [even] in sex with your
wife."’ The companions asked: ‘O Messenger of Allah (saws) is there a
reward if one satisfies his passion?" He (saws) said: "Do you know
that if he satisfies it unlawfully he has taken a sin upon himself? Likewise, if he satisfies it lawfully, he is
rewarded."
Related by Ahmad and Muslim.
Islam has allowed the husband and the wife in marriage
every possible liberty to enjoy conjugal relations with each other, except
three:
- It
is strictly prohibited to have sexual intercourse with one’s wife during
her period of menstruation.
- It
is strictly prohibited to enter the woman through her anus.
- Although
there is no specific prohibition mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah, the
majority of the scholars in Islam have voiced their opinion against ‘oral’
sex, whereby one touches the other’s private organs with their mouth.
Other than the above three restrictions, one may enjoy
conjugal relations with one’s wife any place, any time, and any how their
heart’s desire.
Provided the above listed three conditions are not
violated, the husband and the wife can enjoy their conjugal relations with each
other in any position they wish…standing, sitting, lying down, on the sides, on
one leg, in the air….any possible position they can imagine or desire….provided
the above listed three restrictions are honored, there is absolutely no
restriction, nor prohibition regarding positions and ways of intercourse
between a husband and a wife in their sacred union of marriage.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan