{"fatawa":{"id":12649,"title":"Her husband treats her kindly but he does not give her her shar\u2018i right to intimacy; what should she do?","slug":"her-husband-treats-her-kindly-but-he-does-not-give-her-her-shari-right-to-intimacy-what-should-she-do","order":"","question":"<p>Im married for 4 years and we have two children. We have a nice marriage with no fighting and Islaam comes first. <br \/> But I feel that everything comes from my side, I lurn my children  everything, also Islaam, my husband is always working, may Allaah bless  him for taking care of us. <br \/> But now for 3 years he do't wanna be intimate with me, only 2 times maby and then I was pregnant. <br \/> Because of my 2 pregnancys I became weight and that's why he said and he  sheated on me , I forgave him, and we had after a much better marriage  but without intimacy, I always have to help him with oral sex but I  really need also intimacy, I allready lost a lot of weight , I always  makes myself beautiful for him, I know I'm beautiful, I do everything  for Allaah and for him and for my children, he says there is no better  or beautiful wife than me, but he dont touch me, I tried everything. He  say that it is not me but he is tyred from job. My feelings start also  to become less, he had a long beard, now it is so short, I always talk  about Islaam with him, he say that he is so proud of me. But he hurted  me so much times trough are marriage, we also still dont live together  and it's killing me. It 's so long story, ghair insha Allaah. <br \/> I want love and intimacy, i wanna feel beautiful and loved and ...He is a  good man, like he is sweet and calme and give me everythinh what I  need, but the most important I don't have with him <br \/> What must I do, and do you have an advice for him? <br \/> If I have to give you more information, I will do that.<\/p>","answer":"<div class=\"list-group-item-text ftwa-single-answer font-nrmal\"><span class=\"line_height\"> Praise be to Allaah.\r\n<p>Firstly:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>There is no doubt that what you mention is very difficult for      a young woman. A woman may be able to do without her husband spending on her      or providing her with accommodation, clothing or other material needs. She      may be able to do without all of that, by spending from her own wealth or      her family&rsquo;s wealth or whatever&hellip; But she has no way to maintain her chastity      and fulfil her physical desire except her husband, or by means that Allah      has forbidden &ndash; Allah forbid that she should think of that or be tested in      that way.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him)      was asked about a man who stayed away from his wife for a month or two      months and did not have intercourse with her; was there any sin on him or      not? Could the husband be asked to do that? &nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>He replied:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>The husband is obliged to have intercourse with his wife on a      reasonable basis, which is one of the most important rights that she has      over him; it is more important than feeding her. It was said that what is      obligatory with regard to intercourse is once every four months, or      according to her need and his ability, just as he should feed her according      to her need and his ability. And the latter is the more correct opinion.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Majmoo&lsquo; al-Fataawa<\/em>, 32\/271&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Muslim narrated in his <em>Saheeh<\/em> (1006) from Abu Dharr      (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and      peace of Allah be upon him) said: &ldquo;&hellip;the intimacy of one of you (with his      wife) is a charity.&rdquo; They said: O Messenger of Allaah, if one of us fulfils      his desire, will he be rewarded for that? He said: &ldquo;Do you not see that if      he did it in a haraam manner, there would be a burden of sin on him for      that? Similarly, if he does it in a halaal manner, he will be rewarded for      it.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>In that case, what the wise husband must do is take care of      his wife in that regard and give it priority over everything else, so that      he may keep her chaste, conceal her and meet her needs as much as he can,      even if he does not have an urgent need for that and even if he had to do it      only for her, for the sake of meeting his wife&rsquo;s needs. In that there will      be reward for both of them, in sha Allah, and a means of help so that they      attain spiritual and worldly wellbeing.<\/p>\r\n<p>Secondly:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>There is no doubt that what you mentioned about your      husband&rsquo;s situation and that having gone on for a long time without him      satisfying your needs but doing his duty towards you, is something odd and      needs to be dealt with.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>If the matter is as you say, that you have not fallen short      in your duties towards your husband of adorning yourself for him, endearing      yourself to him and being prepared to meet your husband&rsquo;s needs, then we      think that you, along with your husband, should look at two things:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;     Make sure that there is no      medical problem that is preventing your husband from doing that, whether it      is a psychological problem, as often happens, or a physical problem. We      think that the possibility of this is not very strong, because of what you      mentioned about your husband doing that with you, even if it is not      frequent, and even his falling into that which is haraam, even though he is      married to you!<\/p>\r\n<p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;     Make sure that you close all      avenues to your husband fulfilling his desire, except with his wife. It is      natural that if your husband has got used to other ways that are haraam,      such as masturbation, or immoral relationships &ndash; Allah forbid &ndash; or ways that      are permissible, such as fulfilling his desire with his wife without having      intercourse, then it is natural that this will weaken his desire to have      intercourse with his wife. If he has got used to these ways, perhaps that      means is that he is able to do without his wife altogether, no matter how      beautiful she is or what she does for him.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>In that case, we advise you to give up all ways that may lead      to that. What you mention about oral sex is one of the causes of the problem      and is not a solution to it. So fulfil your husband&rsquo;s needs in all      permissible ways and adorn yourself for him, and ensure that fulfilling      desires is done by means of<\/p>\r\n<p>some shared action that will fulfil the rights of both      parties and allow each to fulfil the duties that Allah has enjoined towards      the other.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>That also involves making sure that your husband does not      repeat the haraam action that he admitted to you and that he has repented      from that action. Try to keep him away from that as much as possible, even      if that is by changing the environment and the place where you live, if you      are able to do that.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>If you do that and make the effort, but your husband does not      change, and he continues to fail to fulfil your rights and keep you chaste      by means of that which Allah has permitted, there is no doubt that the      suffering in that case is something that carries weight in sharee&lsquo;ah. So if      you cannot put up with your husband any more and you fear that you may fall      into haraam or think of it, then you can ask for separation from your      husband. Perhaps if he sees that the matter is serious, he will mend his      ways, and if he goes ahead and divorces you, perhaps Allah will replace him      with someone who is better than him and grant you someone who will keep you      chaste. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):<\/p>\r\n<p><em>&ldquo;But if they separate (by divorce), Allah will provide      abundance for everyone of them from His Bounty. And Allah is Ever      All-Sufficient for His creatures need, All-Wise.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em>[an-Nisa&rsquo; 4:130]<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n<p>But as you know, this should be the last resort.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him)      said:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Causing harm to the wife by not having intercourse is grounds      for annulment in all cases, whether the husband did that intentionally or      otherwise, and whether he was able to do it or not; it is like maintenance,      and even more important. End quote.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Al-Fataawa al-Kubra<\/em>, 5\/481-482&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>We ask Allah to set things straight between you and your husband,  and to endear him to you and you to him, and to reconcile between you.<\/p>\r\n<\/span><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"padding: 3px; padding-right: 6px; text-align: right;\">Islam Q&amp;A<\/div>","status":1,"created_at":"2015-04-22T20:52:01.000000Z","updated_at":"2015-04-22T20:52:01.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":46,"parent_id":12648,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0642\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0632\u0648\u062c\u064a\u0629","category_slug":"","get_date":"2015-04-22"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/12649"}