Issue: Concerning a man approaching his wife in her anus: is it ḥalāl or ḥarām?

*Salaamun 'alaykum wa rahmat-ul-lahi wa barakātuh* 

_In the name of Allaah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) ._

*Issue: Concerning a man approaching his wife in her anus: is it ḥalāl or ḥarām?*

مَسْأَلَةٌ: فِي رَجُلٍ يَأْتِي زَوْجَتَهُ فِي دُبُرِهَا أَحَلَالٌ هُوَ، أَمْ حَرَامٌ؟

*Answer: Intercourse with a woman in her anus is ḥarām by the Book, the Sunnah, and the statement of the majority of the Salaf and the Khalaf. Rather, it is the lesser form of liwāṭ (sodomy).* 

And it has been established from the Prophet – ﷺ – that he said: *“Verily Allah is not shy of the truth: do not approach women in their anuses.”* And Allah Most High said: *“Your wives are a tilth for you, so approach your tilth however you will” [al-Baqarah: 223].*

الْجَوَابُ: وَطْءُ الْمَرْأَةِ فِي دُبُرِهَا حَرَامٌ بِالْكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ وَقَوْلُ جَمَاهِيرِ السَّلَفِ وَالْخَلَفِ، بَلْ هُوَ اللُّوطِيَّةُ الصُّغْرَى، وَقَدْ ثَبَتَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «إنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي مِنْ الْحَقِّ، لَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ»، وَقَدْ قَالَ تَعَالَى: {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} [البقرة: 223].

*And the tilth is the place of the child, for tilth is the place of planting and sowing. And the Jews used to say: if a man approaches his wife in her vagina from behind, the child will be cross-eyed.*

 So Allah revealed this verse, and permitted the man to approach his wife from all directions, but in the vagina specifically.

 *Whenever he has intercourse with her in the anus, and she complies, both are disciplined. If they do not desist, they are separated, just as the wicked one is separated from the one with whom he commits wickedness.*

 And Allah knows best.

وَالْحَرْثُ هُوَ مَوْضِعُ الْوَلَدِ، فَإِنَّ الْحَرْثَ هُوَ مَحَلُّ الْغَرْسِ وَالزَّرْعِ، وَكَانَتْ الْيَهُودُ تَقُولُ: إذَا أَتَى الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ فِي قُبُلِهَا مِنْ دُبُرِهَا جَاءَ الْوَلَدُ أَحْوَلَ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ، وَأَبَاحَ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ امْرَأَتَهُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ جِهَاتِهَا لَكِنْ فِي الْفَرْجِ خَاصَّةً، وَمَتَى وَطِئَهَا فِي الدُّبُرِ وَطَاوَعَتْهُ عُزِّرَا جَمِيعًا، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِيَا فُرِّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا كَمَا يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَ الْفَاجِرِ وَمَنْ يَفْجُرُ بِهِ. وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ.

📚 Ibn Taymiyyah, al-Fatāwá al-Kubrá 3/174 #525

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