Ruling on each spouse looking at the other’s private parts
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Question:
I read in the commentary of al-Nawawi on Sahih Muslim: that it is not permissible for a man to look at his wife’s private parts if she is displaying them, according to al-Nawawi’s school of thought. Then I read in *Adab al-Zafaf* (Etiquette of the Wedding) that it is permissible for each of the spouses to look. Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you?
Answer:
Looking at one’s wife is permissible, absolutely, whether it is her private parts or other parts. It is also permissible to look at her. Allah has permitted him to have intercourse with her, and intercourse is more intense than looking. So the one who says: “It is not permissible to look,” is mistaken, whether it is al-Nawawi or someone other than al-Nawawi. And the one who says: “It is permissible,” is the one who is correct.
The point is: that a man looking at his wife, and her looking at him, at his entire body, his private parts, and other than his private parts, all of this is permissible, and praise be to Allah. Allah has permitted each of them to look at the other. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to take a bath with his wives. The one taking a bath exposes his private parts. And he has intercourse with her, and she sees his private parts, and he sees her private parts. This statement: that it is not permissible, is a mistaken statement, with no basis.
Question : Does he take a bath with his private parts exposed?
Answer: With his private parts exposed… with his private parts exposed, yes. He has no underwear, no loincloth, that is sufficient. And the one taking a bath exposes his private parts, if there is no one with him in a private bathroom; he exposes his private parts. Praise be to Allah, the Prophet took a bath naked, and Musa (Moses) took a bath naked, and Ayyub (Job) took a bath naked.
Question : In the hadith, Aisha says: (He did not see anything of me, and I did not see anything of him)?
Answer: No, it is not authentic. This is from the words of the common people, it has no basis. This statement of Aisha, “He did not see anything of me, and I did not see anything of him,” is mistaken, it has no basis, it is not authentic.
I read in the commentary of al-Nawawi on Sahih Muslim: that it is not permissible for a man to look at his wife’s private parts if she is displaying them, according to al-Nawawi’s school of thought. Then I read in *Adab al-Zafaf* (Etiquette of the Wedding) that it is permissible for each of the spouses to look. Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you?
Answer:
Looking at one’s wife is permissible, absolutely, whether it is her private parts or other parts. It is also permissible to look at her. Allah has permitted him to have intercourse with her, and intercourse is more intense than looking. So the one who says: “It is not permissible to look,” is mistaken, whether it is al-Nawawi or someone other than al-Nawawi. And the one who says: “It is permissible,” is the one who is correct.
The point is: that a man looking at his wife, and her looking at him, at his entire body, his private parts, and other than his private parts, all of this is permissible, and praise be to Allah. Allah has permitted each of them to look at the other. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to take a bath with his wives. The one taking a bath exposes his private parts. And he has intercourse with her, and she sees his private parts, and he sees her private parts. This statement: that it is not permissible, is a mistaken statement, with no basis.
Question : Does he take a bath with his private parts exposed?
Answer: With his private parts exposed… with his private parts exposed, yes. He has no underwear, no loincloth, that is sufficient. And the one taking a bath exposes his private parts, if there is no one with him in a private bathroom; he exposes his private parts. Praise be to Allah, the Prophet took a bath naked, and Musa (Moses) took a bath naked, and Ayyub (Job) took a bath naked.
Question : In the hadith, Aisha says: (He did not see anything of me, and I did not see anything of him)?
Answer: No, it is not authentic. This is from the words of the common people, it has no basis. This statement of Aisha, “He did not see anything of me, and I did not see anything of him,” is mistaken, it has no basis, it is not authentic.
Source
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