Customs women perform to preserve their virginity
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Fatwa number ( 15434 )
Q: Regarding the preservation of a woman's virginity in the traditions of our society, there are some customs—I think they have nothing to do with the Sunnah—which involve bringing a young girl and telling her to urinate in a small pit that was previously used for traditional weaving, and then throwing seven pebbles on that urine, believing that this preserves her virginity (the hymen). And when she gets married, meaning at the time of the proposal, she makes a traditional loom and crosses the threads in it with a tactical operation that I do not understand, and they tell her: Say, and honestly I say it: "The man is a thread and I am a thread." And indeed, I have tried this on some girls and the plan worked, and they call it the "Safah" operation, meaning that if the woman commits zina during that period, nothing will happen to her, and her hymen will not be torn, knowing that this operation is performed in several ways; some do the Safah with stones, some with a bag, and some with a key. I am confused about this matter and do not know the secret behind it, how a set of words, urination, and throwing stones have a connection to a woman's hymen, even though they are abstract things and not tangible. So please inform us, may Allah reward you with good. And what is the ruling of the Shari'ah on these superstitions?
A: What was mentioned regarding a woman urinating in a pit and saying certain words to preserve her virginity is from the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and from the superstitions by which
the devils of mankind deceive the simple people, so it is not permissible to do it. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: Regarding the preservation of a woman's virginity in the traditions of our society, there are some customs—I think they have nothing to do with the Sunnah—which involve bringing a young girl and telling her to urinate in a small pit that was previously used for traditional weaving, and then throwing seven pebbles on that urine, believing that this preserves her virginity (the hymen). And when she gets married, meaning at the time of the proposal, she makes a traditional loom and crosses the threads in it with a tactical operation that I do not understand, and they tell her: Say, and honestly I say it: "The man is a thread and I am a thread." And indeed, I have tried this on some girls and the plan worked, and they call it the "Safah" operation, meaning that if the woman commits zina during that period, nothing will happen to her, and her hymen will not be torn, knowing that this operation is performed in several ways; some do the Safah with stones, some with a bag, and some with a key. I am confused about this matter and do not know the secret behind it, how a set of words, urination, and throwing stones have a connection to a woman's hymen, even though they are abstract things and not tangible. So please inform us, may Allah reward you with good. And what is the ruling of the Shari'ah on these superstitions?
A: What was mentioned regarding a woman urinating in a pit and saying certain words to preserve her virginity is from the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and from the superstitions by which
the devils of mankind deceive the simple people, so it is not permissible to do it. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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