Aides for Bedroom Relations

 

In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,

Sexual relations between the spouses are vital and one of the most important aspects of marriage. It purifies and prevents one from falling into fornication and the unlawful. As such, the spouses may fulfil their sexual needs in any way they desire as long as it does not violate any injunction of Shariah.

Islam also generally abstained from placing many restrictions with regards to bedroom behaviour; rather (with the exception of certain harmful and unhealthy practices) it left it to the spouses as how they should enjoy one another in their sexual relations.

From the various forms of pleasing one another, the usage of sex toys/aids, such as vibrators, dildos, lubricants, etc have become (or is becoming) a common phenomenon. Islamically, there is nothing wrong in using such toys provided two conditions are met:

1) The toy must not be harmful in any way to the spouses, for inflicting harm upon your self is unlawful.

2) The toy must not have an animate figure to it.

If the above two conditions are taken care of coupled with the permission and consent of the spouse, there seems no hindrance from employing such toys.

And Allah knows best

Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Darul Iftaa, Leicester, UK
www.daruliftaa.org