Sexuality in Islam
laws of sexuality in Islam
Sexuality in Islam, particularly Islamic jurisprudence of sex (Arabic: الفقه الجنسي الإسلامي) and Islamic jurisprudence of marriage (Arabic: فقه النكاح الإسلامي) are the codifications of Islamic scholarly perspectives and rulings on sexuality, which both in turn also contain components of Islamic family jurisprudence, Islamic marital jurisprudence, hygienical, criminal and bioethical jurisprudence, which contains a wide range of views and laws, which are largely predicated on the Quran, and the sayings attributed to Muhammad (hadith) and the rulings of religious leaders (fatwa) confining sexual intercourse to relationships between men and women.
All instructions regarding sex in Islam are considered parts of, firstly, taqwa or obedience and secondly, Iman or faithfulness to God. Sensitivity to gender difference and modesty (haya) outside of marriage can be seen in current prominent aspects of Muslim cultures, such as interpretations of Islamic dress and degrees of gender segregation. Islamic marital jurisprudence allows Muslim men to be married to multiple women (a practice known as polygyny).
The Quran and the hadiths allow Muslim men to have sexual intercourse only with Muslim women in marriage (nikāḥ) and "what the right hand owns". This historically permitted Muslim men to have extramarital sex with concubines and sex slaves. Contraceptive use is permitted for birth control. Acts of homosexual intercourse are prohibited, although Muhammad—the main prophet of Islam—never forbade non-sexual relationships.
Legal prescriptions
Modesty
Islam has strongly emphasized the concept of decency and modesty (haya) and chastity; besides the lawful sexuality, priority is given to modesty and chastity both inside and outside the marital relationships. The Quran warns against immoral lust (fahisha), and the hadith literature, modesty has been described by Muhammad as "a part of faith" in hadith traditions.
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