The marital relationship and intimacy with the spouse during Ramadan and the circumstances in which the couple is fasting must be done according to the restrictions set forth in the Shari’a rulings.
Rulings related to marital relationship and ejaculation during Ramadan
One of the questions asked in connection with the rulings on marital relations during Ramadan is about the conditions of ejaculation and the compensation of the fast that may have been invalidated. Or which behavior of couples invalidates the fast, as well as how to fast if there are no conditions for ghusl and other questions in this regard. .
Is intimacy with one’s spouse and marital relationship forbidden during the holy month of Ramadan?
Intentional intercourse, whether through intimacy with a spouse, having sex with him or her, or in any other way (such as: masturbating, intercourse by looking at a photo or video, etc.), such as drinking water or eating food, fasting Invalidates.
Intercourse invalidates the fast unless it is less than circumcision. In sexual intercourse, it is not necessary for semen to come out, because the same penetration invalidates the fast of both parties.
Therefore, intimacy with one’s spouse is not forbidden, but breaking the fast intentionally is wrong and causes intentional atonement (feeding sixty days for one day or sixty poor people for each day that a person intentionally breaks his fast).
After the Maghrib call to prayer until the morning call to prayer, intimacy is not forbidden, and couples should take a bath before the morning call to prayer and fast after cleansing. To have control over their carnal powers and desires and to leave their control to God.
If the fasting person jokes and plays with his wife without intending to ejaculate, if he is sure that he will not ejaculate, even if he ejaculates, his fast is valid. But if he is not sure, if his semen comes out, his fast will be invalidated.
Answers to marital relationship questions during Ramadan
Question: What is the ruling on a person who invalidates his fast in the month of Ramadan by having forbidden sexual intercourse or masturbating or eating and drinking forbidden?
Answer: Assuming that the deceased must fast for sixty days or feed sixty poor people, it is a recommended precaution to do both.
Question: If a man jokes with his wife on the day of Ramadan, will it harm his fast?
Answer: If it does not lead to ejaculation, it does not interfere with fasting.
Question: If a fasting person has sexual intercourse with his fasting wife during Ramadan, what is the obligation on him if he has forced the woman?
Answer of Ayatollah Behjat: He must atone for his own fast and the fast of his wife; Even if the woman is satisfied later. She must pay the expiation for her fast and her wife’s fast, but if the woman is satisfied during sexual intercourse, according to the obligatory precaution, the man must pay two expiation and the woman one expiation, and in any case the woman must make up the fast of that day. Brought.
Question: Is it permissible for a person to fast on that day until the morning call to prayer due to some problems?
Answer: There is no problem except during the month of Ramadan and its qada ‘, but in relation to the fast of the month of Ramadan and its qada’, if he is excused from ghusl, it is obligatory on him to perform tayammum, and if he does not perform tayammum, his fast is not valid.
Question: A man who does not fast for any reason, such as illness, if his fasting wife forces him to have sexual intercourse, is the woman’s fast invalid? And is there atonement or not? Who is responsible for its atonement?
Answer of Ayatollah Mazaheri: His fast will be invalidated and he will have to pay the atonement for his own fast and his wife’s fast. But if the woman is satisfied in the midst of sexual intercourse, according to the obligatory precaution, the man should pay two expiation and the woman one expiation, and in any case, the woman must make up the fast of that day.
Question: If a woman forces her fasting husband to have sexual intercourse, or to do something else that invalidates the fast, is it obligatory for her to atone for her husband?
Answer: It is not obligatory for her to pay the atonement for her husband’s fast.
Question: What should a young couple do if they approach each other unwillingly and uncontrollably during Ramadan and their fast is invalidated?
Answer of Ayatollah Sistani: Reparation and atonement are obligatory and it is enough to feed sixty poor people, 750 grams of wheat or flour for each couple.
Question: What is the ruling if a husband has sexual intercourse with his wife during Ramadan and the wife is satisfied with it?
Answer of Ayatollah Sistani: Entering without ejaculation in Ramadan invalidates the fast. Each of them is sentenced to intentional iftar, and in addition to qada, atonement is obligatory on both of them.
Question: If a fasting person has sexual intercourse due to forgetfulness, does it harm his fasts?
Answer of Ayatollah Khamenei: If he forgets that he is fasting and has sexual intercourse, his fast will not be invalidated, but every time he remembers, he must immediately get out of intercourse; Otherwise, his fast is void.
Question: What is the ruling on intimacy with one’s spouse during Ramadan if it is ignorant?
Answer of Ayatollah Rouhani: If they are ignorant that there is no problem with intimacy on the day of Ramadan, their fast will not be invalidated, but if they have a possibility and they are not sure and they have intercourse on the day of Ramadan, their fast will be invalidated.
Question: A person who has committed intercourse with his wife on the day of the holy month of Ramadan is neither forbidden nor invalidates his fast, does he also have atonement?
Answer of Ayatollah Makarem: There is only qada.
Question: What is the duty if a woman jokes with her husband during the holy month of Ramadan and then sees a discharge in herself?
Answer of Ayatollah Behjat: If the semen did not ejaculate and did not intend to ejaculate, there is no problem.
Quote of the Prophet (PBUH) to Imam Ali (AS) regarding closeness in the month of Ramadan:
Or Ali, do not have sexual intercourse on the night of Eid al-Fitr, so that if a child comes together, he will have six or four fingers in his hand.
