The ruling on the husband and wife taking a ritual bath while each sees the other’s private parts
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Your Eminence! We received this message from Riyadh from the listener (A. A. H). He asks about a woman and her husband entering the bathroom, where each sees the other’s private parts. What is the ruling on that?
Answer: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon His servant and Messenger, the best of His creation, our Prophet and our Imam Muhammad ibn Abdullah, and upon his family and his Companions, and whoever follows his path and is guided by his guidance until the Day of Judgment. As for what follows:
It is established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he used to take a ritual bath with his wives (may Allah be pleased with them and grant them satisfaction). This indicates the permissibility of the husband looking at his wife’s private parts, and likewise for her. Allah has permitted him to have intercourse with her and to touch her, so there is nothing strange about that, and there is no dislike in it. If they both take a ritual bath together in the bathroom or in a specific room while their private parts are uncovered, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes, and there is no blame on them.
However, in what has been mentioned, it must be observed that there is no one in the bathroom who can see their private parts. It must be in a private, covered place where there is no one but the husband and the wife. As for if there is a place... if it is a place where someone can see their private parts, it is forbidden for both of them, forbidden for him and for her both. The permissibility is only if they are in a place that is covered from others. Yes...
Answer: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon His servant and Messenger, the best of His creation, our Prophet and our Imam Muhammad ibn Abdullah, and upon his family and his Companions, and whoever follows his path and is guided by his guidance until the Day of Judgment. As for what follows:
It is established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he used to take a ritual bath with his wives (may Allah be pleased with them and grant them satisfaction). This indicates the permissibility of the husband looking at his wife’s private parts, and likewise for her. Allah has permitted him to have intercourse with her and to touch her, so there is nothing strange about that, and there is no dislike in it. If they both take a ritual bath together in the bathroom or in a specific room while their private parts are uncovered, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes, and there is no blame on them.
However, in what has been mentioned, it must be observed that there is no one in the bathroom who can see their private parts. It must be in a private, covered place where there is no one but the husband and the wife. As for if there is a place... if it is a place where someone can see their private parts, it is forbidden for both of them, forbidden for him and for her both. The permissibility is only if they are in a place that is covered from others. Yes...
Source
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