Husband imagines that he is having intercourse with someone other than his wife

Husband imagines that he is having intercourse with someone other than his wife

 

Ibn al-Haaj al-Maaliki رحمه الله said:

 

A man should stay away from such thoughts and from this abhorrent characteristic which unfortunately is widespread, which is that when a man sees a woman he likes, he goes to his wife but he imagines that woman whom he has seen. This is a kind of zina, because our scholars said concerning one who takes a glass of water and imagines that it is wine that he is drinking, that that water becomes haraam for him. What is mentioned does not apply only to men, rather women are included in it too and that is even worse, because usually women nowadays go out and look at people, and if a woman sees someone whom she likes, she may keep thinking of him, then when her husband has intercourse with her she imagines that image which she has seen, so both of them may come under the heading of zina. We ask Allaah to keep us safe and sound. Al-Madkhal, 2/194, 195

 

Ibn Muflih al-Hanbal iرحمه الله said:

 

Ibn ‘Aqeel said – and he emphasized the prohibition in al-Ri’aayah al-Kubra: If, when he is having intercourse with his wife, he imagines the image of another woman or a male, then he is sinning. Al-Furoo’, 3/51

 

Wali al-Deen al-‘Iraaqi رحمه الله  said:

 

If he has intercourse with his wife but in his mind he is having intercourse with someone who is forbidden for him, and he imagines in his mind that he is having intercourse with that forbidden image, that is haraam for him, and that is because he is imagining himself committing a haraam action.  Tarh al-Tathreeb, 2/19

 

 

ابن الحاج المالكي رحمه الله :

 

" ويتعين عليه أن يتحفظ على نفسه بالفعل ، وفي غيره بالقول من هذه الخصلة القبيحة التي عمت بها البلوى في الغالب ، وهي أن الرجل إذا رأى امرأة أعجبته ، وأتى أهله جعل بين عينيه تلك المرأة التي رآها ، وهذا نوع من الزنا ، لما قاله علماؤنا فيمن أخذ كوزاً من الماء فصوَّر بين عينيه أنه خمر يشربه أن ذلك الماء يصير عليه حراماً ... وما ذكر لا يختص بالرجل وحده بل المرأة داخلة فيه بل هو أشد ؛ لأن الغالب عليها في هذا الزمان الخروج أو النظر ، فإذا رأت من يعجبها تعلق بخاطرها ، فإذا كانت عند الاجتماع بزوجها جعلت تلك الصورة التي رأتها بين عينيها ، فيكون كل واحد منهما في معنى الزاني ، نسأل الله العافية " انتهى .

 

" المدخل " ( 2 / 194 ، 195 ) .

 

وقال ابن مفلح الحنبلي رحمه الله :

 

" وقد ذكر ابن عقيل - وجزم به في " الرعاية الكبرى " - : أنه لو استحضر عند جماع زوجته صورة أجنبية محرمة أو ذكر : أنه يأثم " انتهى .

 

" الفروع " ( 3 / 51 ) .

 

وقال ولي الدين العراقي رحمه الله :

 

" لو جامع أهله وفي ذهنه مجامعة من تحرم عليه ، وصوَّر في ذهنه أنه يجامع تلك الصورة المحرمة : فإنه يحرم عليه ذلك ، وكل ذلك لتشبهه بصورة الحرام " انتهى .

 

" طرح التثريب " ( 2 / 19 ) .