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The Ruling on Intercourse with a Woman During Menstruation and Its Expiation

Shaykh Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan

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Question:
May Allah protect you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A man had intercourse with his wife while she was menstruating, and she was willing and he was willing as well. Is there any blame on him, and what is required of him and what is required of her?

Answer:
They must repent to Allah, for Allah has forbidden this. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said:
And they ask you about menstruation. Say, "It isوَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْمَحِيضِ قُلْ هُوَ
[Al-Baqarah 2:222]
It is a sin to intend this; it is a grave matter in the sight of Allah. To intend intercourse with women in the *bahirah*—meaning in the private parts—is not permissible. One must not have intercourse with her in her private parts. However, taking pleasure from her in any other way is more permissible. Intercourse in the private parts while she is menstruating is forbidden; Allah has prohibited it.
so keep away from wives during menstruation. And do not approach them until they are pure. And when they have purified themselves, then come to them from where Allah has ordained for you.فَاعْتَزِلُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي الْمَحِيضِ وَلَا تَقْرَبُوهُنَّ حَتَّىٰ يَطْهُرْنَ فَإِذَا تَطَهَّرْنَ فَأْتُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ
[Al-Baqarah 2:222]
If he had intercourse with the menstruating woman, and if he and she did so intentionally, then they must repent, and each of them owes an expiation. The expiation is the weight of a *mithqal* of gold, or its value, or half of the *mithqal*. If he wishes, he may give the weight of the *mithqal* or the value of the *mithqal*, and if he wishes, he may give half of that.
Source من جامع زوجته وهي حائض — alfawzan.live

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