Ghusl after oral sex.
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I have a quesion that I couldnot clear since long time, Al Hamdulilla, now I am
in right place. The question is, even scholars are not supporting oral sex, if
one has made oral sex for very short time by his wife without any intention or
having ejaculation or orgasm and no any releasing of sperm, is it obligatory to
purify with a full bath for both or one of them.
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Answer:
Ghusl after oral sex
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.
Ref: Oral sex
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 223:
223 Your wives are as a tilth unto you; so
approach your tilth when or how ye will.
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:
Other than the above three restrictions, the believers are
at absolute liberty to enjoy conjugal relations with each other any place, any
time, and any how their heart’s desire.
To derive pleasure by touching ones spouse’s private parts
with the mouth is what is known as ‘oral sex’.
Such an act is obviously unnatural, unhealthy, unhygienic, unclean,
impure and this act is not found even in any of the lower animate
creations!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah
Aaraaf verse 157:
157 Those who follow the Messenger, the ‘Ummi’ (unlettered) Prophet
(Mohammed (saws)) whom they find mentioned in their own (Scriptures); in the
Law and the Gospel; for he (Prophet Mohamed (saws)) commands them what is just
and forbids them what is evil: he allows them as lawful what is
‘tayyibaat’ (good and pure) and prohibits them from what is ‘Khabaayith’ (bad,
evil and impure); He releases them from their heavy burdens and from
the yokes that are upon them. So it is
those who believe in him, honor him, help him, and follow the Light which is
sent down with him: it is they who will prosper."
But since the permissibility/impermissibility of this
specific act of what is known today as ‘oral sex’ is not mentioned by name or
act anywhere in the Quran and the Sunnah, the God-fearing and the pious amongst
the scholars in Islam have abstained from declaring it ‘haraam’; the most they
have said is that the act is from the ‘khabaaith’ (impure) and thus closer to
the haraam than to the halaal, and the believers should fear Allah and abstain
from it.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 3.267 Narrated by An Numan bin Bashir
The Prophet (saws) said "Both the halaal
(lawful) and the haraam (unlawful) things are (made) obvious, and in between
them are (suspicious) doubtful matters.
So whoever forsakes those doubtful things lest he may commit a sin, will
definitely avoid what is clearly unlawful; and whoever indulges in these
(suspicious) doubtful things bravely, is likely to commit what is clearly
illegal. Sins are Allah's Hima (i.e.
private pasture) and whoever pastures (his sheep) near it, is likely to get in
it at any moment."
Given the unbelievable liberty Islam has granted to the
husband and the wife to enjoy conjugal relations in their sacred bond of
marriage, in our humble opinion, it would be best for the believers who
sincerely fear Allah and the Last Day to strive to abstain from this doubtful
act of ‘oral sex’; and Allah Alone Knows Best.
Your
Question: ….if one has made oral sex for very short time by his wife without
any intention or having ejaculation or orgasm and no any releasing of sperm, is
it obligatory to purify with a full bath for both or one of them.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chatper 5 Surah
Maidah verse 6 (part):
…..If ye are in a state of ceremonial impurity
bathe your whole body.
The acts which enlist one to the state of ceremonial or
major impurity and make the performance of ‘ghusl’ absolutely obligatory upon
them before they can make themselves available for prayer are:
The Messenger of Allah (saws) commanded and guided the
believers that it is ‘wajib’ for the believers to perform the ‘ghusl’ or full
bath before they attend the Friday mid-day and the Eid prayers.
If one (Allah forbid) has touched their spouse’s private
parts with their mouth (oral sex), the majority of the scholars and jurists in
Islam are of the opinion that the act by itself does not enlist one to the
state of ceremonial or major impurity.
As long the private parts did not touch each other, nor was the full
sexual discharge released, one would not be required to perform the ‘ghusl’ or
full bath.
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
