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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The limit intended in the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Those are the limits of Allah"

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted,
It has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wivesأُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ الصِّيَامِ الرَّفَثُ إِلَىٰ نِسَائِكُمْ
[Al-Baqarah 2:187]
until He said,
These are the limits of Allah, soتِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ فَلَا
[Al-Baqarah 2:229]
, what is the limit intended in this verse? Forbidden.

Answer:
Forbidden, because it is forbidden for the fasting person to have intercourse with his wife while he is fasting with desire, by consensus. This is forbidden; this is among the forbidden limits. Yes.

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.

Answer:
Likewise, the one in i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) is not permitted to have sexual intercourse, even at night. The fasting person who is not in i'tikaf may have intercourse at night; it is
do not have relations with them as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques. These are the limits [set by] Allahتُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنتُمْ عَاكِفُونَ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ
[Al-Baqarah 2:187]
permissible
the night preceding fasting to go to your wivesلَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ الصِّيَامِ الرَّفَثُ إِلَىٰ نِسَائِكُمْ
[Al-Baqarah 2:187]
. But the one in i'tikaf does not have intercourse, neither at night nor by day, as long as he is in i'tikaf; it is forbidden for him, and it is a limit of Allah.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2261 -2802] في قوله الله ﴿أحل لكم ليلة الصيام﴾ إلى ﴿تلك حدود الله فلا تقربوها﴾ ما المراد بالحد هنا؟ — youtube.com

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