A mufti advises a woman whose son-in-law cannot consummate his marriage (Ottoman illustration, 1721).
Sexuality in Islam 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 activity to marital relationships between men and women.[1][2]Sexual jurisprudence (Arabic: الفقه الجنسي[a]) and marital jurisprudence (Arabic: فقه النكاح[b])
The Quran and the hadiths allow only sex with married (nikāḥ) and "what the right hand owns".[12] This historically permitted 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.[13]
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