Question:
As salamu ‘alaykum,
I read some of your answers regarding adab with one’s spouse so I have the following question to ask;
What is the hukm regarding oral sex in the madhhab?
Answer:
All praise is to Allah. And, prayers and salutations are on the Prophet Muhammad.
In the Shafi School, oral sex is expressed as permitted when the husband gives to his wife. In Fath al-Muin, Malibari mentioned:
يجوز للزوج كل تمتع منها بما سوى حلقة دبرها ولو بمص بظرها
“All enjoyment is permissible for the husband, except for enjoying her anus, even sucking the clitoris.” (3/386)
Dimyati further comments:
ولو كان التمتع بمص بظرها فإنه جائز
“And if the enjoyment is through sucking her clitoris, so that is permitted.” (Ibid)
Similarly, this is also related in the Hanbali School. There is the additional detail that it is done before actual intercourse. In Insaf, Mardawi relates:
يجوز تقبيل فرج المرأة قبل الجماع ويكره بعده
“It is permissible to kiss the woman’s private part before intercourse, and disliked after it.”
See: vol. 20, pg. 61 Printed along with al-Muqni and al-Sharh al-Kabir.
Both schools express the issue from the angle of husband giving. As far as wife giving, it would seem permissible in light of the above. Allah knows best.
Filth or sexual fluid [mani] may not be swallowed. (Sharh al-Muhadhdhab 2/556)
And, Allah knows best.
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