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Question:
Assalamualikum mufti sb,
Maaf for this question.. Wanted to know is a ‘golden shower’ permissible?
Answer:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salamu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullahi wa-barakatuh.
Urolagnia is a sexual fetish in which participants derive sexual pleasure from urine and urination. It is a “sexual” act, used as a means of foreplay, which involves one partner urinating “golden shower” over the other partner. Some even go to the extent of drinking their partner’s urine.
The basis of Islam is cleanliness and purity (Tahaara). The collections of Ahadith and books of Fiqh are filled with pages dedicated to the rules of avoiding filth. Tahaara is the first issue that is addressed in almost every Hadith and Fiqh work. Purity is half of one’s faith and the key to Salaah. A believer must remain pure and love pure things, and avoid and dislike impure and filth.
As such, urinating over one’s spouse as part of sexual foreplay is, without doubt, impermissible and sinful. Not avoiding splashes of urine is a cause of punishment in the grave.
Consider the following Ahadith:
- Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Abbas Radhiyallahu Anhuma narrates, The Prophet (ﷺ) once passed by two graves and said, “They (the deceased persons in those graves) are being punished not for a great thing to avoid.” And then added, “Yes, (they are being punished for a big sin), for one of them used to go about with calumnies while the other never saved himself from being soiled with his urine.” (Ibn `Abbas added): Then he took a green leaf of a date-palm) and split it into two pieces and fixed one piece on each grave and said, “May their punishment be abated till these (two pieces) get dry.” [Bukhari: 1378]
- Sayyiduna Abu Huraira Radhiyallahu Anhu relates that Rasulullah ﷺ said: “Beware of (smearing yourselves with) urine, because it is the main cause of punishment in the grave”. [Sunan Ad-Daraqutni: 464]
According to the jurists of the various schools of Islamic law, it is obligatory to avoid filth except when there is a need, such as cleaning the filth after relieving oneself. This is even more important in the case of urine, since it is decisively filthy and impure. One must avoid smearing oneself with filth in general and with urine in particular.
And Allah Ta’ala Knows Best
[Mufti] Safwaan Ibn Ml Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim
Darul Iftaa
Limbe, Malawi
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صحيح البخاري (2/ 99)- – دار طوق النجاة
1378 – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى قَبْرَيْنِ فَقَالَ: «إِنَّهُمَا لَيُعَذَّبَانِ وَمَا يُعَذَّبَانِ مِنْ كَبِيرٍ» ثُمَّ قَالَ: «بَلَى أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَكَانَ يَسْعَى بِالنَّمِيمَةِ، وَأَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَكَانَ لاَ يَسْتَتِرُ مِنْ بَوْلِهِ» قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَخَذَ عُودًا رَطْبًا، فَكَسَرَهُ بِاثْنَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ غَرَزَ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا عَلَى قَبْرٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «لَعَلَّهُ يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمَا مَا لَمْ يَيْبَسَا»
سنن الدارقطني (1/ 232) – مؤسسة الرسالة، بيروت – لبنان
464 – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْبَاقِي بْنُ قَانِعٍ , نا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ السَّمَرْقَنْدِيُّ , نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحُ السَّمَّانُ الْبَصْرِيُّ , نا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ السَّمَّانُ , عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ , عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ , [ص:233] عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ , أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «اسْتَنْزِهُوا مِنَ الْبَوْلِ فَإِنَّ عَامَّةَ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ مِنْهُ». الصَّوَابُ مُرْسَلٌ
Islamic Guide to Sexual Relations: Pg. 74-75
