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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on looking at the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) of one's wife after the first exit from ihram?

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The Shaykh : And this is Abdullah al-'Awad, and what do you have there?

The questioner : May Allah bless you. This question concerns two people. One says that after the first exit from the state of ihram, he looked at the major private parts of his wife, which resulted in him ejaculating. Does he have to pay an expiation or not? The other says

The Shaykh : Wait, wait. Did he repeat the looking or not?

The questioner : If he repeated the looking, then it is a sin.

The Shaykh : Just one look.

Another questioner : He says he looked, but what is between...

The Shaykh : He did not repeat it.

Another questioner : The male organ of the one who ejaculates.

The Shaykh : If he repeated the looking, he has committed a sin, and according to the opinion of the jurists, he must pay an expiation for the harm, meaning feeding six poor people, a nisab for each poor person, or slaughtering a sheep, or fasting for three days. If it was just one look but he started to think about it, then he owes nothing. And the second
Source الفتاوى الثلاثية (3) - 2 — binothaimeen.net (36:17)

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