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IRSYAD HUKUM KHAS RAMADHAN #77: HUKUM BERMESRAAN BERSAMA PASANGAN DI BULAN RAMADHAN
What is the ruling on intimacy and intercourse with one's spouse during the days of Ramadan?
Short answer
Kissing and intimacy while fasting is disliked for those with strong desire and not disliked for those who can control themselves, though avoiding it is better.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum Edisi Ramadhan
- Topic
- Fasting
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Kissing and intimacy while fasting is disliked for those with strong desire and not disliked for those who can control themselves, though avoiding it is better. The fast is invalidated if semen is emitted and remains valid if none is emitted. Intercourse in the daytime of Ramadan is forbidden, breaks the fast, and requires both parties to make up the day, plus expiation in sequence: freeing a slave, fasting two consecutive months, then feeding 60 poor people. Deliberate masturbation also breaks the fast according to the majority of scholars of the four schools, without expiation.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Bersama dengan pasangan di siang hari bulan Ramadhan adalah haram hukumnya.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD HUKUM KHAS RAMADHAN #77: HUKUM BERMESRAAN BERSAMA PASANGAN DI BULAN RAMADHAN”, 23 June 2016. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/edisi-ramadhan/1053-irsyad-al-fatwa-khas-ramadhan-77-hukum-bermesraan-bersama-pasangan-di-bulan-ramadhan. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/ruling-intimacy-with-spouse-during-ramadan/