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How can I control my sexual desire?
It has been reported in the narrations the recommendation to get married. If this is not possible, one can decrease the sexual desire by fasting.
Is phone sex allowed between husband and wife?
It is permissible between the husband and his wife.
I have been engaged for two months now, but our marriage contract has not been undertaken. Can I touch or kiss my fiance at this stage?
Touching or kissing is not allowed until after the marriage contract is completed.
If I intend to marry a Muslim man and I want to understand his personality and his religious thoughts, is it permissible to have a conversation with him over the phone or chat on the internet?
It is permissible to talk or chat without lust.
Can I record and take photos of my wife while she is in erotic positions and when we have sex, for our own personal use?
It is permissible to do so, but one should be careful that such photos or videos are kept secure and safe, so others do not have any access to them, and that they are not transferred to others by mistake.
Is it permissible to watch movies and TV shows, where female actors are in it?
It is permissible to watch them, unless it causes lust and desire.
Is it obligatory to lower one's gaze from women on television?
It is not obligatory, but it is not permissible to look at them if it involves sexual enjoyment.
What is your view on watching television programs in which women appear without hijab or they wear make-up?
It is permissible to watch such programs without sexual enjoyment.
Is it permissible to watch animated videos showing explicit sexual content?
It is not permissible to watch said movies with sexual enjoyment.
What is your edict on watching sexual scenes in films, which arouse feelings of lust and subsequent involuntary discharge of semen?
It is not permissible to have sexual enjoyment from watching movies that causes sexual desire.
Is it allowed to look at cartoons of imaginary women? In particular, indecent cartoons of scantily dressed women?
It is not permissible to do so with sexual enjoyment.
We work, communicate and interact with non-Muslim women in our day-to-day lives who wear revealing clothes and apply make-up. Can a person look at these women?
It is permissible to look at them without sexual enjoyment.
What is your view on looking at Muslim women who wear hijab, but apply make-up etc. to beautify themselves in public? Can a person look at such women in his day-to-day life?
It is permissible to look at them without sexual enjoyment.
An adult person (baligh) sees a man having sexual intercourse with his wife in a closed room through a key hole while both the husband and wife do not know that they are being watched.
Is there a penalty for such an act or will it only be considered a sin and one has to ask forgiveness from Almighty Allah?
Is the child born from such an intercourse legitimate?
It is prohibited to watch the couple in the said condition. It is one of the sins that require repentance and seeking forgiveness from the Almighty Allah.
This does not make the child that is born from such intercourse illegitimate.
Is it permissible to see the sex positions shown by dolls (non-living things)?
It is not permissible if this causes lust and desire.
Is it permissible to have physical contact between non-mahram men and women, by handshaking and the like?
It is not permissible to have physical contact between non-mahram males and females after both have reached the age of religiously recognized adulthood.