Can The Husband Have Intercourse With One Wife, Then With The Second Wife, Before Washing Himself?
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Is it permissible for a man to have intercourse with his first wife, then go to
his second wife and have intercourse with her, without doing ghusl following the
first intercourse?
Praise be to Allah.
It is permissible for a man, if he has intercourse with one wife, to go to the
second wife and have intercourse with her before doing ghusl, because of the
report narrated by 'Aa'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) who said: I used to
put perfume on the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)
and he would go round to all his wives, then he would enter ihram in the
morning, smelling of perfume. al-Bukhaari (267)
It was narrated that Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to go around to all his wives in
one hour of the night or day, and they were eleven wives. He [the narrator]
said: I said to Anas: Was he able for that? He said: We used to say that he had
been given the strength of thirty men. Al-Bukhaari (268).
And it was narrated from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to go around to his wives with a
single ghusl. Narrated by Muslim (309).
More than one of the scholars narrated that there was scholarly consensus on the
permissibility of doing that.
Ibn Battaal (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The scholars did not differ with
regard to the permissibility of having intercourse with several wives with a
single ghusl, according to what was narrated in the hadiths of 'Aa'ishah and
Anas.
End quote from Sharh Saheeh al-Bukhaari by Ibn Battaal (1/381)
However it is preferable to do ghusl between the two acts of intercourse.
Ahmad (22742) and Abu Dawood (219) narrated from Abu Raafi' that the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) went around to all his wives one day
and he did ghusl with this one and with that one. I said to him: O Messenger of
Allah, why don't you make it one ghusl? He said: "This is cleaner and better and
purer." Classed as hasan by Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allah have mercy on him) in
Mishkaat al-Masaabeeh (no. 470).
If the man feels lazy or is not able to do ghusl, it is mustahabb for him to do
wudoo' between the two acts of intercourse, because of the report narrated by
Muslim from Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The
Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "When one of
you has intercourse with his wife then wants to repeat it, let him do wudoo'
between the two (acts)."
Al-Haakim (1/254) said: Because that will give him more energy to repeat it.
This additional material was classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh
al-Jaami' (no. 263).
As-San'aani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: This indicates that it is
prescribed to do wudoo' for the one who wants to repeat intercourse with his
wife. It is also proven that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) was intimate with his wives and did not do wudoo' between the two acts; and
it is narrated that he did ghusl after being intimate with each one of them. All
of these practices are permissible.
End quote from Subul as-Salaam (1/89)
If a man feels lazy or is not able to do wudoo', it is mustahabb for him to wash
his private part and any areas that have been contaminated. This is emphasised
if he wants to have intercourse with a wife with whom he has not yet had
intercourse, because of the report narrated by al-Bukhaari (290) and Muslim
(306): 'Umar ibn al-Khattaab mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him) that he became junub at night, and the Messenger of
Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said to him: "Do wudoo' and
wash your private part, then sleep."
Imam Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) entitled a chapter in his Saheeh: "It
is permissible for one who is junub to sleep, but it is mustahabb for him to do
wudoo' and wash his private parts if he wants to eat, drink, sleep or have
intercourse again"
An-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
The hadiths all indicate that it is permissible for one who is junub to sleep,
eat, drink, or have intercourse again before doing ghusl. There is scholarly
consensus on this point. They also indicate that it is mustahabb to do wudoo'
and wash one's private part before doing any of these things, especially if he
wants to have intercourse with a wife with whom he has not yet had intercourse,
in which case it is particularly encouraged to wash his private part.
End quote from Sharh Muslim (1/499)
Note:
We stated above that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) went
around to his wives in one night with a single ghusl.
There is nothing in this hadith to suggest that the one who has more than one
wife may enter upon them and have intercourse with them all on the night that is
allocated to one of them, unless he has the consent of all of them.
An-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It may be said that the fuqaha'
said: The minimum division of time is one night for each wife, so how could he
go around to all of them in one night?
That may be answered in two points:
1.That it was with the consent of all of them; there is no difference of opinion
concerning the permissibility of him doing that with their consent, no matter
how it is expressed.
2.Was division of time in the case of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah
be upon him) obligatory at all times?
There is a difference of opinion concerning that among our companions. Abu
Sa'eed al-Astakhari said that it was not obligatory; rather he used to divide
his time equally, and draw lots among them as an act of kindness and something
that he did voluntarily, not by way of it being obligatory. But the majority
said that it was obligatory. Based on the view of al-Astakhari there is no
problem. And Allah knows best.
End quote from Sharh Muslim
The third response is that which was stated by Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (may Allah have
mercy on him) when he said:
This refers to times when he came from travelling and the like, at a time when
one of them did not have a specific day, so he had intercourse with all of them
at that time, then he shared his time equally between them after that. And Allah
knows best, because they were free women and his Sunnah (blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him) was to divide his time fairly among them, and not to be
intimate with one of them on the day of another.
End quote from al-Istidhkaar (1/263)
And Allah knows best.
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