{"fatawa":{"id":11784,"title":"There is nothing in Islam to say that anal intercourse is permissible","slug":"there-is-nothing-in-islam-to-say-that-anal-intercourse-is-permissible","order":" ","question":"<p>Please help me for fining the truth.In Bukhari sharif hadesh no-4170  &amp; 4171,said that anal sex is halal\/jayaj.But you said (in mail a  &amp; q)that its haram.Now i'm confusied. <br \/> I want to know what's the truth?Is anal sex haram or not?please response my quetion.<\/p>","answer":"<div class=\"list-group-item-text ftwa-single-answer font-nrmal\"><span class=\"line_height\"> Praise be to Allaah.\r\n<p>Firstly:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>There are many saheeh ahaadeeth which show that anal      intercourse is haraam, such as the following:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>1 &ndash; It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased      with him) that the Messenger of Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah      be upon him) said: &ldquo;The one who has intercourse with his wife in her back      passage has disavowed himself of that which was revealed to Muhammad       (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).&rdquo; Narrated by Abu Dawood (3904);      classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in <em>Saheeh Abi Dawood<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>2 &ndash; It was narrated that Ibn &lsquo;Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased      with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah      be upon him) said: &ldquo;Allaah will not look at a man who has intercourse with a      woman in her back passage.&rdquo; Narrated by al-Tirmidhi (1165); classed as      saheeh by Ibn Daqeeq al-&lsquo;Eid in <em>al-Ilmaam<\/em> (2\/660) and by al-Albaani      in <em>Saheeh al-Tirmidhi<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>3 &ndash; It was narrated that Khuzaymah ibn Thaabit (may Allaah be      pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah  (peace and blessings of      Allaah be upon him) said: &ldquo;Allaah is not too shy to tell the truth&rdquo; three      times. &ldquo;Do not have intercourse with women in their back passages.&rdquo; Narrated      by Ibn Maajah (1924); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in <em>Saheeh Ibn      Maajah<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>And there are many similar ahaadeeth. Al-Tahhaawi (may Allaah      have mercy on him) said in <em>Sharh Ma&rsquo;aani al-Athaar<\/em> (3\/43): The      reports concerning that reach the level of tawaatur. End quote.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Hence the views of the scholars are based on these      ahaadeeth.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Al-Maawardi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in <em> al-Haawi<\/em> (9\/319):&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Because that is the consensus of the Sahaabah. It was      narrated from &lsquo;Ali ibn Abi Taalib, &lsquo;Abd-Allaah ibn &lsquo;Abbaas, Ibn Mas&rsquo;ood and      Abu&rsquo;l-Darda&rsquo;. End quote.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>It says in <em>al-Mughni<\/em> (7\/32):&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>It is not permissible to have intercourse with one&rsquo;s wife in      her back passage according to the majority of scholars, including &lsquo;Ali,      &lsquo;Abd-Allaah, Abu&rsquo;l-Darda&rsquo;, Ibn &lsquo;Abbaas, &lsquo;Abd-Allaah ibn &lsquo;Amr and Abu      Hurayrah. This was also the view of Sa&rsquo;eed ibn al-Musayyab, Abu Bakr ibn      &lsquo;Abd al-Rahmaan, Mujaahid, &lsquo;Ikrimah, al-Shaafa&rsquo;i, ashaab al-ra&rsquo;y and Ibn      al-Mundhir.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>We have discussed this in some detail previously on this      site; please see the answers to questions no.      <a href=\"http:\/\/islamqa.info\/index.php\/en\/1103\">1103<\/a> and      <a href=\"http:\/\/islamqa.info\/index.php\/en\/52803\">52803<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Secondly:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Some people imagine that it is permissible to have      intercourse with one&rsquo;s wife in her back passage. They understand from the      verse (interpretation of the meaning): <em>&ldquo;Your wives are a tilth for you,      so go to your tilth when or how you will&rdquo; [al-Baqarah 2:223]<\/em> that Allaah      has permitted everything in this verse, even intercourse in the back      passage. This misinterpretation is reinforced for them when they read the      hadeeth narrated by al-Bukhaari in his <em>Saheeh<\/em> &ndash; and perhaps this is      the hadeeth referred to by the questioner &ndash; in which it says: It was      narrated that Jaabir (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Jews used to      say that if (the man) had intercourse from behind, the child would be born      with a squint. Then the verse <em>&ldquo;Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to      your tilth when or how you will&rdquo; [al-Baqarah 2:223]<\/em> was revealed. &nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>But this is a misunderstanding of the verse. Allaah says &ldquo;<em>so      go to your tilth when or how you will<\/em>&rdquo; which means that all variations      of intercourse are permitted, so long as it is in the place of tilth, i.e.,      the vagina, not the back passage.&nbsp; So it is permissible for a man to have      intercourse with his wife from behind or from in front or lying on their      sides so long as it is in the place of tilth and not the back passage.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>The evidence for that is Muslim&rsquo;s report (1435) of the      hadeeth of Jaabir quoted above about the reason for the revelation of this      verse, in which it says: If he wishes, when she is lying on her front and if      he wishes when she is not lying on her front, so long as that is in only one      opening.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>In Abu Dawood&rsquo;s report of the same hadeeth (2163) it says:&nbsp;      It was narrated that Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir said: I heard Jaabir say: The      Jews say that if a man has intercourse with his wife in her vagina from      behind, the child will have a squint. Then Allaah revealed the words      (interpretation of the meaning): <em>&ldquo;Your wives are a tilth for you, so go      to your tilth when or how you will&rdquo; [al-Baqarah 2:223]<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>In <em>Sunan al-Tirmidhi<\/em> (2980) in a report which he      classed as hasan, it was narrated that Ibn &lsquo;Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased      with him) said: &lsquo;Umar came to the Messenger of Allaah  (peace and      blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allaah, I am      doomed! He said: &ldquo;Why are you doomed?&rdquo; He said: I changed my direction last      night. The Messenger of Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon      him) did not say anything. Then this verse was revealed to the Messenger of      Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) (interpretation of      the meaning): <em>&ldquo;Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth when      or how you will&rdquo; [al-Baqarah 2:223]<\/em>. So approach from the front or the      back, but avoid the back passage and the time of menses. Classed as hasan by      al-Albaani in <em>Saheeh al-Tirmidhi<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>These ahaadeeth and reports explain what is meant by the      verse. So it is not permissible for the Muslim to go beyond that and      understand it in ways that are not indicated by the reports or by linguistic      usage.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in <em>Zaad      al-Ma&rsquo;aad<\/em> (4\/261):&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>The verse indicates that it is haraam to have intercourse      with her in her back passage for two reasons. The first is that it is      permitted to have intercourse with her in the tilth, which is the place of      birth, and not in the anus which is the place of filth. The place of tilth      is what is referred to in the verse <em>&ldquo;then go in unto them as Allaah has      ordained for you&rdquo;. [al-Baqarah 2:222]<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>The second reason is that Allaah says &ldquo;<em>when or how you      will<\/em>&rdquo; i.e., however you wish, from the front or from the back. Ibn      &lsquo;Abbaas said: &ldquo;<em>go to your tilth<\/em>&rdquo; means the vagina. End quote.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Thirdly:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Perhaps the question is also referring to what al-Bukhaari      narrated from Naafi&rsquo; from Ibn &lsquo;Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him): &ldquo;<em>so      go to your tilth when or how you will<\/em>&rdquo;; he said: &ldquo;He may approach her      from &hellip;&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Ibn Hajar said in <em>Fath al-Baari<\/em> (8\/189):&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>This is how it appears in all the texts. It does not mention      what comes after the word &ldquo;from&rdquo;. End quote. &nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>And he quoted what is mentioned in some reports elsewhere      than in <em>Saheeh<\/em> al-Bukhaari, that Ibn &lsquo;Umar said:&nbsp; He may approach her      in her back passage.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>But the scholars answered that in two ways:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>1 &ndash; That it was a mistake on the part of some of those who      narrated it from Ibn &lsquo;Umar, and they understood from it that it was      permissible to have intercourse in the back passage, when in fact he was      narrating that it is permissible to have intercourse with one's wife in her      vagina from behind, based on what is mentioned in saheeh reports from him      that he regarded it as haraam to have intercourse with one&rsquo;s wife in her      back passage. And al-Nasaa&rsquo;i narrated in <em>al-Sunan al-Kubra<\/em> (5\/315)      with a saheeh isnaad that Ibn &lsquo;Umar was asked about that and he said: Would      a Muslim do that?!&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in <em> Tahdheeb al-Sunan<\/em> (2\/146):&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>It is narrated in a saheeh report that he interpreted the      verse as referring to intercourse in the vagina coming from the back, which      is what was narrated from Naafi&rsquo;. Those who thought that Naafi&rsquo; improved of      intercourse in the back passage are gravely mistaken; rather what he meant      was having intercourse from the back in the vagina. Thus they were confused      when they thought that when he said &ldquo;from the back&rdquo; he meant the back      passage; but what he meant by that was coming from the back&nbsp; but putting it      in the place of intercourse, namely the vagina. Those people were confused      when they understood the words of Naafi&rsquo; &ldquo;from the back&rdquo; as meaning &ldquo;in the      back (passage)&rdquo;. End quote.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>The second answer is:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>That this was ijtihaad on the part of Ibn &lsquo;Umar (may Allaah      be pleased with him) about the meaning of the verse. The Sunnah and the      views of all the Sahaabah indicate that it was an incorrect ijtihaad. Abu      Dawood (2164) narrated, in a report that was classed as hasan by al-Albaani      in <em>Saheeh Abi Dawood<\/em>, that Ibn &lsquo;Abbaas said:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Ibn &lsquo;Umar &ndash; may Allaah forgive him &ndash; imagined, and this was a      tribe of the Ansaar who had been idol-worshippers, along with this tribe of      the Jews, who were people of the Book, and thought that they (the Jews) were      superior to them in knowledge; they used to follow their examples in many of      their deeds.. The people of the Book did not have intercourse with their      wives except on their sides, and that was most concealing for the woman.      This tribe of the Ansaar had adopted that from them. And this tribe of      Quraysh used to make the woman lie in whatever position they wanted and      enjoy them in various ways. When the Muhaajiroon came to Madeenah, one of      their men married a woman of the Ansaar, and he went to do that with her but      she objected and said: We have intercourse lying on our sides, so do that or      keep away from me. Their problem got worse until news of that reached the      Messenger of Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and      Allaah revealed the words (interpretation of the meaning): <em>&ldquo;Your wives      are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth when or how you will&rdquo; [al-Baqarah      2:223]<\/em>., i.e., from the front or the back or lying, meaning the place of      birth.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>This could support the reports that Ibn &lsquo;Umar used to say      that it was permissible to have intercourse in the back passage, but then      perhaps he came back to the correct view, after Ibn &lsquo;Abbaas or someone else      explained to him the reason why this verse was revealed and what its correct      meaning was. Hence it is proven &ndash; as stated above &ndash; that he said that it was      haraam, and he said: Would a Muslim do that?!&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>To conclude: Islam forbids this action, and there is nothing      to indicate that it is permissible. The one who thinks that there is      anything in the Qur&rsquo;aan and Sunnah to indicate that is mistaken.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>And Allaah knows best.<\/p>\r\n<\/span><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"padding: 3px; padding-right: 6px; text-align: right;\">Islam Q&amp;A<\/div>","status":1,"created_at":"2015-04-16T20:52:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2015-04-16T20:52:00.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":44,"parent_id":11783,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0634\u0631\u0629 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0632\u0648\u062c\u064a\u0646","category_slug":"","get_date":"2015-04-16"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/11784"}