I have presented this problem of mine more than once and have not received a response. In fact, we would like to tell this listener that if he hears the question and the answer that was graciously provided, he will know the answer, because he asked us not to broadcast the message on the radio but to write to him. However, we will pose the question to His Eminence the Shaykh, and, if Allah wills, he will hear the answer, because we truly want to tell the brother that we do not want to open the door to correspondence, given that the program is a radio program. If we opened the door to correspondence, it would become a burden and the benefit of this program would be lost. We hope that he will hear, if Allah wills, the answer to his problem. He says: “O His Eminence the Shaykh, one night, when I was having intercourse with my wife, Satan overcame me, and I began to caress my wife in a place other than the designated one, namely the breast. He says that I ejaculated in that place. He also says that my conscience has not been at ease and that it reproaches me. We ask your Eminence to issue a ruling on this and inform us of the expiation for it. Please inform us; may Allah reward you with good. We ask Allah for success for us and for you.”

The questioner : I have presented this problem of mine more than once and have not received a response. In fact, we would like to tell this listener that if he hears the answer and the question that was graciously provided, he will know the answer, because he asked us not to broadcast the message on the radio but to write to him. However, we will pose, if Allah wills, the problem to His Eminence the Shaykh, and he will answer it, and he will, if Allah wills, hear the answer, because we truly tell the brother that we do not want to open the door to correspondence, and given that the program is a radio program, if we entered the realm of correspondence, it would become a burden and the benefit of this program would be lost. We hope that he will hear, if Allah wills, the answer to his problem. He says: “O His Eminence the Shaykh, one night, when I was having intercourse with my wife, Satan overcame me, and I began to caress my wife in a place other than the designated one, namely the breast. He says that I ejaculated in that place. He also says that my conscience has not been at ease and that it reproaches me. We ask your Eminence to issue a ruling on this and inform me of the expiation for it. Please inform me; may Allah reward you with good. I ask Allah for success for us and for you.”

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. A person should use every thing in its proper place. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said: The harvest is the place of sowing, and the place of sowing for a woman is the vagina, because it is what reaches the place of sowing, which is the womb. This is where a person should approach his wife. However, if he approaches her in another place other than the anus, the apparent meaning of the statement of Allah, the Exalted, the apparent generality of this requires permissibility, and it is permissible for him to take pleasure in his wife wherever he wishes, except the anus, for it is not permissible for a man to have intercourse with his wife in it.

The questioner : Yes, so there is nothing upon him in this.

The Shaykh : This is what appears from the statement of Allah, the Exalted: .

The questioner : May Allah reward you.
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