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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Descent into the grave of a man who had intercourse with his wife

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Question:
And this person asks about the validity of the statement that a man who has been intimate with his wife does not descend into the grave of his relative on the morning of that day? What is it? Is it a correct statement that a man who has been intimate with his wife does not descend into the grave of his relative if she is buried on the morning of that day?

Answer:
It was mentioned in a hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that when a woman is being lowered into her grave, it was said that if he had intercourse with her that night, he should not descend. Some of the scholars interpreted "intercourse" to mean having sexual relations with his wife. It is possible that a hadith exists by consensus, or it is possible that when he is lowering her, he fears this matter. The point is that this is mentioned in some hadiths, but there is no indication of prohibition in them. However, it is better for someone else to descend, for someone else to lower her into the grave and place her in the niche. Yes.
Source لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء مفتوح - ابن باز - ٢٩-٧-١٤١٧ هـ — archive.org (41:14)

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