Transliteration:( Wa yas'aloonaka 'anil maheedi qul huwa azan fa'tazilun nisaaa'a fil maheedi wa laa taqraboo hunna hattaa yathurna fa-izaa tatah-harrna faatoohunna min haisu amarakumul laah; innallaaha yuhibbut Tawwaabeena wa yuhibbul mutatahhireen )
528. Sodomy is totally forbidden. Allah has commanded complete separation from women when they are in a state of menstruation. If this was permissible, there would have been a qualifying statement to this effect. From this we learn that just as menstruation is impure so is sodomy. If the defect or cause of the defect is one, the law is similar.
529. If the bleeding (menses) stops before ten days then sex can be resumed after the woman has taken Ghusal (Bath), but if it stops on the tenth day sexual relationship can be resumed immediately. It is for this reason that it is used without the Tashdeed and is found with Tashdeed. The word means until they are clean (they had taken the bath- Ghusal).
530. From this verse we learn that anal sex with a woman is forbidden because
"Whence Allah has commanded you" is a restriction imposed upon sexual intercourse, i.e. Allah does not want you to indulge in anal sex with a woman.
221. And do not marry Al-Mushrikat (idolatresses) till they believe (worship Allah Alone). And indeed a slave woman who believes is better than a (free) Mushrikah (idolatress), even though she pleases you. And give not (your daughters) in marriage to Al-Mushrikin till they believe (in Allah Alone) and verily, a believing servant is better than a (free) Mushrik (idolator), even though he pleases you. Those (Mushrikin) invite you to the Fire, but Allah invites (you) to Paradise and forgiveness by His leave, and makes His Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) clear to mankind that they may remember.
Allah prohibited the believers from marrying Mushrik women who worship idols. Although the meaning is general and includes every Mushrik woman from among the idol worshippers and the People of the Scripture, Allah excluded the People of the Scripture from this ruling. Allah stated:
((Lawful to you in marriage) are chaste women from those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) before your time when you have given their due dowry, desiring chastity (i.e., taking them in legal wedlock) not committing illegal sexual intercourse.) (5:5)
`Ali bin Abu Talhah said that Ibn `Abbas said about what Allah said:
(And do not marry Al-Mushrikat (female idolators) till they believe (worship Allah Alone).) “Allah has excluded the women of the People of the Scripture.” This is also the explanation of Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Makhul, Al-Hasan, Ad-Dahhak, Zayd bin Aslam and Ar-Rabi` bin Anas and others. Some scholars said that the Ayah is exclusively talking about idol worshippers and not the People of the Scripture, and this meaning is similar to the first meaning we mentioned. Allah knows best.
Abu Ja`far bin Jarir (At-Tabari) said, after mentioning that there is Ijma` that marrying women from the People of the Scripture is allowed, “`Umar disliked this practice so that the Muslims do not refrain from marrying Muslim women, or for similar reasons.” An authentic chain of narrators stated that Shaqiq said: Once Hudhayfah married a Jewish woman and `Umar wrote to him, “Divorce her.” He wrote back, “Do you claim that she is not allowed for me so that I divorce her” He said, “No. But, I fear that you might marry the whores from among them.” Ibn Jarir related that Zayd bin Wahb said that `Umar bin Khattab said, “The Muslim man marries the Christian woman, but the Christian man does not marry the Muslim woman.” This Hadith has a stronger, authentic chain of narrators than the previous Hadith.
Ibn Abu Hatim said that Ibn `Umar disliked marrying the women from the People of the Scripture. He relied on his own explanation for the Ayah:
(And do not marry Al-Mushrikat (female idolators) till they believe (worship Allah Alone).)
Al-Bukhari also reported that Ibn `Umar said, “I do not know of a bigger Shirk than her saying that Jesus is her Lord!”
Allah said:
(And indeed a slave woman who believes is better than a (free) Mushrikah (female idolators), even though she pleases you.)
It is recorded in the Two Sahihs that Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet said:
(A woman is chosen for marriage for four reasons: her wealth, social status, beauty, and religion. So, marry the religious woman, may your hands be filled with sand (a statement of encouragement).)
Muslim reported this Hadith from Jabir. Muslim also reported that Ibn `Amr said that Allah’s Messenger said:
(The life of this world is but a delight, and the best of the delights of this earthly life is the righteous wife.)
Allah then said:
(And give not (your daughters) in marriage to Al-Mushrikin till they believe (in Allah Alone).) meaning, do not marry Mushrik men to believing women. This statement is similar to Allah’s statement:
(They are not lawful (wives) for them, nor are they lawful (husbands) for them.) (60:10)
Next, Allah said:
(. ..and verily, a believing servant is better than a (free) Mushrik (idolator), even though he pleases you.)
This Ayah indicates that a believing man, even an Abyssinian servant, is better than a Mushrik man, even if he was a rich master.
(Those (Al-Mushrikun) invite you to the Fire) meaning, associating and mingling with the disbelievers makes one love this life and prefer it over the Hereafter, leading to the severest repercussions. Allah said:
(…but Allah invites (you) to Paradise and forgiveness by His leave) meaning, by His Law, commandments and prohibitions. Allah said:
(…and makes His Ayat clear to mankind that they may remember.)
(2:222) They ask you about menstruation. Say: “It is a state of impurity; so keep away from women in the state of menstruation,[238] and do not approach them until they are cleansed. And when they are cleansed,[239] then come to them as Allah has commanded you.”[240] Truly, Allah loves those who abstain from evil and keep themselves pure.
238. The Arabic word adha denotes both a state of ritual impurity and sickness. Menstruation is not merely an impurity, but also a state in which the woman is closer to sickness than to health.
239. With regard to matters such as these the Qur’an resorts to metaphors and figurative language. Hence it instructs men not to approach women. This does not mean that people should either abstain from sitting together on the same floor or eating together when a woman has her monthly period making her virtually an untouchable, as has been the custom among the Jews, Hindus and certain other nations. The explanation of this injunction by the Prophet makes it clear that during this period men are only required to abstain from sexual intercourse; no change is postulated in other relationships, and the woman is to be treated in the normal way. (See, for instance, Bukhari, ‘Hayd’, 10, ‘Itikaf’, 2-4, 10, 19; Muslim, ‘Hayd’, 6-13; Abu Da’ud, ‘Taharah’, 102, 106 – Ed.)
240. The ‘command’ of God mentioned here is not a formal legal injunction from God, but that inherent urge with which the nature of both men and animals has been imbued and which is apprehended instinctively.
(The verse means, therefore, that after the end of the menstrual course people may again engage in sexual intercourse – Ed.)
[82]- i.e., refrain from sexual intercourse. [83]- By taking a complete bath (ghusl) .
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