Is It True That a Woman Is Only Entitled to Have Intimacy Once throughout Her Life?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Is it true that Abu Hanifa stated that a woman is entitled to intimacy with her husband only once throughout her marriage? If she requires more, what should be done according to Abu Hanifa, and how are women expected to avoid haram?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health.
It is not true and incorrect to ascribe this to Imam Abu Hanifa (Allah be pleased with him). A husband is religiously obliged to fulfill the sexual needs of his wife and not deprive her of this right. Refusing sex without a genuine reason or excuse is a sin in the eyes of Allah in the Next life.
Many jurists (fuqaha) hold that it is obligatory for the husband to engage in sexual intimacy with his wife every so often.
[Kasani, Bada’i al-Sana’i]
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Related
- Marital Intimacy Archives – SeekersGuidance
- Sex Archives – SeekersGuidance
- Islamic Guide to Sexual Relations | Darul Iftaa (book)
- Handbook of a Healthy Muslim Marriage – Turath Publishing (book)
I pray this helps answer your question.
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey.
He started his early education in the UK. He completed hifz of the Qur’an in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and Alimiyyah sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan.
He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for a number of years. He has taught hifz of the Qur’an, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults extensively onsite and online in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK as a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences.
He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His personal interest is his love of books and gardening.
