I want to know


what's the truth? Is anal sex haraam or not? please response my question.


Praise be to Allaah.


Firstly:


There are many saheeh haadeeths which show that anal intercourse is


haraam, such as the following:


1 – It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him)


that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)


said: “The one who has intercourse with his wife in her back passage has


disavowed himself of that which was revealed to Muhammad (peace and


blessings of Allaah be upon him).” Narrated by Abu Dawood (3904);


classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.


2 – It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him)


said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon


him) said: “Allaah will not look at a man who has intercourse with a woman


in her back passage.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi (1165); classed as saheeh


by Ibn Daqeeq al-‘Eid in al-Ilmaam (2/660) and by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-


Tirmidhi.


3 – It was narrated that Khuzaymah ibn Thaabit (may Allaah be pleased


with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be


upon him) said: “Allaah is not too shy to tell the truth” three times. “Do


not have intercourse with women in their back passages.” Narrated by


Ibn Maajah (1924); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Ibn Maajah.


And there are many similar hadeeths. Al-Tahhaawi (may Allaah have mercy


on him) said in Sharh Ma’aani al-‘Athaar (3/43): The reports concerning


that reach the level of tawaatur. End quote.


Hence the views of the scholars are based on these hadeeths.


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Al-Maawardi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in al-Haawi (9/319):


Because that is the consensus of the Sahaabah (the companions of the


Prophet). It was narrated from ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib, ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Abbaas,


Ibn Mas’ood and Abul-Darda’. End quote.


It says in al-Mughni (7/32):


It is not permissible to have intercourse with one’s wife in her back passage


according to the majority of scholars, including ‘Ali, ‘Abd-Allaah,


Abul-Darda’, Ibn ‘Abbaas, ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Amr and Abu Hurayrah. This


was also the view of Sa’eed ibn al-Musayyab, Abu Bakr ibn ‘Abd al-


Rahmaan, Mujaahid, ‘Ikrimah, al-Shaafi’i, ashaab al-ra’y and Ibn al-


Mundhir..


Secondly:


Some people imagine that it is permissible to have intercourse with one’s


wife in her back passage. They understand from the verse (interpretation


of the meaning): “Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth when


or how you will” [al-Baqarah: 223] that Allaah has permitted everything in


this verse, even intercourse in the back passage. This misinterpretation is


reinforced for them when they read the hadeeth narrated by al-Bukhaari


in his Saheeh – and perhaps this is the hadeeth referred to by the questioner


– in which it says: It was narrated that Jaabir (may Allaah be


pleased with him) said: The Jews used to say that if (the man) had intercourse


from behind, the child would be born with a squint. Then the


verse “Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth when or how you


will” [al-Baqarah: 223] was revealed.


But this is a misunderstanding of the verse. Allaah says “so go to your tilth


when or how you will” which means that all variations of intercourse are


permitted, so long as it is in the place of tilth, i.e., the vagina, not the back


passage. So it is permissible for a man to have intercourse with his wife


from behind or from in front or lying on their sides so long as it is in the


place of tilth and not the back passage.


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The evidence for that is Muslim’s report (1435) of the hadeeth of Jaabir


quoted above about the reason for the revelation of this verse, in which it


says: If he wishes, when she is lying on her front and if he wishes when


she is not lying on her front, so long as that is in only one opening.


In Abu Dawood’s report of the same hadeeth (2163) it says: It was narrated


that Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir said: I heard Jaabir say: The Jews


say that if a man has intercourse with his wife in her vagina from behind,


the child will have a squint. Then Allaah revealed the words (interpretation


of the meaning): “Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth


when or how you will” [al-Baqarah: 223].


In Sunan al-Tirmidhi (2980) in a report which he classed as hasan, it was


narrated that Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: ‘Umar


came to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon


him) and said: O Messenger of Allaah, I am doomed! He said: “Why are


you doomed?” He said: I changed my direction last night. The Messenger


of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not say anything.


Then this verse was revealed to the Messenger of Allaah (peace


and blessings of Allaah be upon him) (interpretation of the meaning):


“Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth when or how you will”


[al-Baqarah: 223]. So approach from the front or the back, but avoid the


back passage and the time of menses. Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in


Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.


These hadeeths and reports explain what is meant by the verse. So it is


not permissible for the Muslim to go beyond that and understand it in


ways that are not indicated by the reports or by linguistic usage.


Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Zaad al-Ma’aad


(4/261):


The verse indicates that it is haraam to have intercourse with her in her


back passage for two reasons. The first is that it is permitted to have intercourse


with her in the tilth, which is the place of birth, and not in the


anus which is the place of filth. The place of tilth is what is referred to in


the verse “then go in unto them as Allaah has ordained for you”. [al-


Baqarah: 222].


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The second reason is that Allaah says “when or how you will” i.e., however


you wish, from the front or from the back. Ibn ‘Abbaas said: “go to


your tilth” means the vagina. End quote.