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SEX IS A FORM OF CHARITY (SADAQA)
The
correct intentions mentioned above elevate sex from an act of physical pleasure
into an act of immense reward and a form of charity. Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari
(r) relates that the Messenger of Allah (s) said:
" ... Verily in every Tasbih,
[i.e. saying Subhan Allah] there is charity, in every Takbir [i.e.
saying Allahu Akbar] there is charity, in every Tahmid [i.e.
saying Al-hamdulillah] there is charity, in every Tahlil [i.e.
saying La ilaha illallah] there is charity, enjoining of good is charity,
forbidding of evil is charity, and in the sexual act of each of you there is
charity." [The Companions said], "O Messenger of Allah! One of us
fulfils his sexual desire and he is given a reward for that?" And he said,
"Do you not see that were he to act upon it unlawfully, he would be sinning?
Likewise, if he acts upon it lawfully he will be rewarded."
(Sahih
Muslim 1006)
Imam
Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him), the great hadith expert (muhaddith) and
Shafi' jurist (faq'ih), comments on this hadith in his monumental
commentary of Sahih Muslim:
"In
this badith there is an indication that through correct intentions, the merely
permissible becomes an act of worship. As such, sex becomes an act of worship
if one intends by it to fulfill the right of the wife and treat her honourably as
Allah Most High has commanded, or to seek pious offspring, keep oneself chaste
or one's wife chaste, or to protect both spouses from looking at the unlawful,
thinking about it and desiring it, or other praiseworthy goals." (Al-Minhaj
Sharh Sahih, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj 778)
It is clear from this that even at
the peak of passion, one does not forget one's Lord. One should remember the
many lofty aims beyond sexual gratification that can be sought through sexual
relations with one's spouse. By these means, this beautiful, gratifying and
enjoyable act is elevated into an act of worship and charity.
Imam
Ibn al-Jawzi (may Allah have mercy on him) states: "At times, sex results in
producing offspring like unto the calibre of lmam Shafi'i and Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
(may Allah have mercy on them). Sex of this nature is superior to one thousand
years of [voluntary] worship!" (Talbis Iblis 358)
To Be Continued....
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