Oral Sex: Unnatural Love-making

A very immoral act inherited from the West and practiced today in Muslim homes between husband and wife, is the oral manipulation of sexual organs. This is not permissible in Islam, as is stated in the famous Fatwaa Kitab, Al-Hindiyya. It must also be remembered that the prohibition in this act applies both ways: whether the husband does it to the wife or vice-versa, both acts are haraam.

PROHIBITION
The reasons for the prohibition of this lurid practice are:

1) Bringing the mouth, which is not the normal organ for sex, into contact with an organ of najaasat. This is the very reason why sexual intercourse during menstruation and anal sex are haraam; because of the impurity in those two areas.

2) Secondly, there will always be some discharge of mazi (the sticky, transparent liquid that emerges during an erection and prior to ejaculation). This liquid is impure, and it is not permissible to bring the mouth into contact with impurity.

3) Thirdly, sometimes this indecent act is maintained till ejaculation, which is worse than the above, for then there is full contact with najaasat. Even if it is not delayed for so long, there is always the danger of emission of semen and subsequent contamination of the mouth. Rasoolullah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) commanded: Verily, your mouths are the pathways of the Quran, so cleanse it... (Faizul-Qadeer and Kanzul-Ummal) Contamination of the mouth in this vile way conflicts with this hadeeth shareef. It is most despicable for a Muslim, who uses his/her mouth to recite the Pure, Holy, and Revered Words of Allah, to bring that same mouth into contact, in a most unnatural way, with the private part of another. The mouth and tongue were created by Allah for the utterance of good words, zikrullah, recitation of the Quran and general noble speech. On the contrary the private organ was created to expel impurity, and it is an object in which impurity always remains. It, therefore, constitutes an abuse of this natural system of Allah. Shaytaan had promised: I shall assuredly command mankind and they shall certainly alter the (natural) creation of Allah” (Surah Nisaa, verse 119)

4) Fourthly, if semen is swallowed in this lewd manner, the sin will be compounded, for it is haraam to ingest najaasat.

5) Fifthly, this obscene act is clearly an imitation of Western kuffar. This method of love-making has come only from the kuffar; there is no trace of this in the Pure Shariah of Islam. Even if some contraption is used to avoid contact with najaasah, this one factor alone is enough for hurmat (prohibition). Consider the quotations from Islamic Scripture in the following paragraphs.

TASHABBUH OR IMITATION
Tashabbuh is an Arabic word meaning to imitate or emulate. The act of imitation or emulation which the Shariah has prohibited, applies to the emulating of fashions, trends, salient features, and religious practices of non-Muslims or evil-doers. There are several verses of the Holy Quran and ahadeeth of Rasoolullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) which prohibit the imitation and adoption of ways and fashions of evil people. We mention hereunder a few examples.

1) Almighty Allah states in Surah Hashr, verse 19:
And do not become like those people whom have forgotten Allah, so He caused them to become neglectful of themselves. Such people are evil transgressors.

2) In Surah Jaathiyah, verse 18, Allah states:
Then we established you on a Shariah of Deeni affairs, so follow it, and do not follow the desires of the ignorant ones.

3) In Surah Aala Imraan, verse 156, Almighty Allah commands:
O people of Iemaan! Do not become like the kuffaar......

a) Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar radhiyallahu anhu narrates that Rasoolullah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) prohibited the imitation of people foreign to Islam, and he said:
Whoever imitates a nation, is (like) one of them. (Abu Dawood)
b) Rasoolullah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:
He who practices on the customs of outsiders, is not of us. (Daylami)
c) Rasoolullah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) also said:
He who imitates others is not of us. Do not imitate the Jews and the Christians....
(Miskhkatul Masaabeeh)

These and many more Quranic verses and sayings of Nabi Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) warn us of the threat to our Iemaan in imitating and following practices, customs and styles foreign to Islam. Remember, Islam does not prohibit us from utilizing inventions of the kuffaar which are beneficial or necessary to our deeni or worldly life, such as means of transport, methods of communication and correspondence, modern-day technology such as telephones, computers, tape-recorders, etc. What Islam forbids is imitating their ways of dressing, eating, and sleeping, their styles and fashions, their laws and policies which conflict with Islam, and general un-Islamic behaviour. This is impermissible. Similarly, emulating practices which have religious or cultural significance among the kuffaar is completely haraam. Utilizing any invention which is the direct cause of us violating Allah’s Law is also haraam.

ALTERNATIVE
Also note that to adopt a practice of the kuffaar when there does exist an alternate Islamic practice is also imitation that is forbidden. Rasoolullah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) taught us methods of dressing, combing and looking after hair, caring for the physical appearance of the body. To follow or emulate the non-Muslims in these areas of living means displacing the mubarak teachings of Rasoolullah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), which is intolerable to any believer.

For this reason, when Rasoolullah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) saw a Sahaabi (radhiallahu anhu) carrying a bow made by the Persians, he instructed him to use a bow of Arab origin. Since there was an alternative, the Muslim had to adopt it and shun the method or product of the kuffaar.

Today, there are no alternatives to most of the modern-day inventions of the kuffaar, inventions which we need to utilize for the function of our day-to-day lives and our income. So Islam allows us to use these, but under certain restrictions. This, however, is not the case with our physical appearance or dress. In this aspect, no one has power over our bodies and the way we dress. We are under no compulsion to adopt the dress and styles of the kuffar. We can easily don garb which is free from ostentation and fashions, and which preserves our modesty and honour.

KUFFAR AND FUSSAQ: THE TREND-SETTERS
The current fashions in dress and appearance that abound today have all been designed and invented by people who have neither iemaan, nor any conscience with regards to morality. This is not surprising. What really surprises, though, is that our Muslim brothers and sisters, especially the youth, are so quick to latch onto these fashions and adopt the same. Singers, actresses, TV and movie stars, sports stars, have become celebrities, whose every style and nuance are savored by their misguided fans, and not far behind are the Muslims. It is indeed a crying shame.

Here the discussion is not one of mere imitation. Instead, what we observe here, to our horror, is total obsession with the culture and trends of the enemies of Allah. We need some serious soul-searching to check the slide towards this abyss of spiritual destruction.

The Ahadith mentioned earlier implies, because of its general application, that imitating sinners will make one a sinner. Copying the acts of evil-doers means becoming like them, too. It is therefore also haraam to imitate or mimic the styles or habits of people who break the laws of Allah, even if they are Muslims. Our youth today have become so fascinated by evil actors and actresses, singers and entertainers, whom they see either on television or in live performances that they begin to imitate the styles and practices of these evil shaytaans. Let us free our bedrooms from this curse. May Allah save us and our youth!