Mentioning the ruling on being naked during intercourse, and clarifying that covering up in this regard is not correct.

The Shaykh : Alright, fine; he was Yugoslav, not German. Abu 'Abd al-Rahman had his shop near my shop in Damascus, in Qabaqib, the Qabaqib bazaar, do you know it...

Another questioner : In the street of the Qabaqib area there.

The Shaykh : Well known... al-Umawi.

Another questioner : East of al-Umawi, okay.

The Shaykh : The point is, this man was from the common people, of a good heart, and they had connections with the scholars, but they knew nothing about the Salafi methodology and the Muhammadan call, naturally; he was just a Muslim and a Hanafi. He used to like me, I don't know why, but...
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The Shaykh : He used to feel at ease with me, even though he knew that I was shunned by the scholars there, especially the Albanians or the Yugoslavs. I am talking, I don't know what the issue was, and then he told me that... Yes, perhaps the occasion of the facilitation in Islam and the hadiths mentioned in this regard in some issues related to a man's treatment of his wife came up, and he said that when he has intercourse with his wife, he and his wife cover themselves so that it is as if there is a stranger who sees nothing of them at all; why? Because the scholars told him that it is not permissible for a man to look at his wife's awrah (part of the body that must be covered)! I said to him: Poor man, looking at the awrah or—without offense—intercourse?

Another questioner : Which is more severe?

The Shaykh : Allah has forbidden looking so that one does not reach the greatest prohibition, so if He has permitted you the greatest prohibition, He has permitted you the lesser one. He said: By Allah, that is what the scholars told me. This image reminded me of the conversation...

Another questioner : Our Shaykh, in a hadith...

The Shaykh : ...or did he mention it in "Adab al-Zafaf" (Etiquette of the Wedding)?

Another questioner : In the wording.

The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, or the donkeys, he said.

Another questioner : Or the camel.

The Shaykh : No, no, the donkeys, this is not correct, this hadith.

Another questioner : No, regarding the wording.

Another questioner : Is this hadith authentic?

The Shaykh : I say it is not correct.

Another questioner : The wording is correct.

The Shaykh : It is not correct, and praise be to Allah.

Another questioner : Otherwise, there is a problem, a big problem.

The Shaykh : How could there not be? A man wants to enjoy his lawful pleasure however he wishes within the limits of the Shari'ah.
We need to go back and complete the conversation with Abu Shakr. Abu Shakr, you know what his position was in the previous issue, that the important thing is that he recites tasbih, just as the important thing is that he prays, but the manner of the prayer, whether he prayed on a carpet, on a bag, or on a mat, is not important in the matter...