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4. SELECTING A TIME FOR SEXUAL RELATIONS
GENERALLY, THE SHARI'A does not
specify any particular time for engaging in or desisting from sexual activity.
Married couples may choose any time of the day or night for sex, unless there
is some other external factor prohibiting sex, such as the time for prayer is
about to end and one has not yet prayed, or the wife is menstruating. It is authentically reported that the Messenger of Allah (s) engaged in sexual relations
with his wives at various times of the day and night.
Furthermore, sexual activity
can only take place if the urge exists and if the couple have the necessary
agility and are relaxed. As such, it is impractical to impose specific times
for sex, given that couples differ from one another in their hours of work,
times of resting and sleeping, and their desire to have sex. As a result,
Shari'a has not legislated a time in which they should engage in sexual
relations.
Scholars mention, however,
certain times that are favourable for sexual activity, and others during which
it is disliked. Statements are transmitted from certain Companions and early
Muslims (r). It is worth noting that these preferences are based on
medical reasons, individual experiences or personal judgments, and do not
constitute a legal (shari’) ruling. There is no sin attached to
disregarding them. Many of the statements quoted from the Companions and early
Muslims in this respect are not authentically established with proper chains of
transmission, for instance the poetry transmitted from Sayyiduna 'Ali (r) on this subject.
Given this, one need not
consider the advice below to be binding or authentically established. It should
not be given more importance than it deserves, but at the same time, one should
not consider what some books mention about preferable times for having sex and
times to avoid sex as baseless. These recommendations are based on experience
and personal judgment and this is the context in which the terms "preferred"
and "disliked" should be read in the coming sections.
To Be Continued....
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