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In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate. May His blessings and peace be on His Beloved Prophet, the best of creation, and his family, companions, and followers

Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,

It is permitted to look at one’s spouse’s private parts. However, it is superior adab not to. [Sayyida A’isha (Allah be pleased with him) reported that she never saw the private parts of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) and he never saw her’s. [Related by Ahmad, Ibn Maja, and others]

Some of the ulema said that it is improper to look without need at one’s spouses private parts, and to look excessively during sexual relations, but that it is not improper during sexual relations when it is not excessive.

The wisdom behind this is largely spiritual.

As for the hadith that looking at another’s private parts may lead to blindness, this was deemed fabricated (i.e. a lie against the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace)) by the masters of hadith, such as Imam Ibn Hibban and others, and generally ignored by the imams of fiqh.

And Allah alone gives success.

Wassalam,

Faraz Rabbani