Even though having sex with your husband or wife is a form of worship, having sex during Ramadan has rules and etiquette that must be followed.
Can sex during Ramadan be included in the category of worship? Yes, you can, please. Of course, throughout the month of Ramadan, the prioritized worship is fasting, reading the Koran, and carrying out the Tarawih sunnah prayers, so this one worship has rules and etiquette that must be followed. Although the month of Ramadan is the month of holding back lust, having sex during Ramadan can still be done, really.
Do it after iftar
To be sure, sex during Ramadan can only be done when night falls, which is after breaking the fast. Actually, if you want to do it before or after Tarawih prayer, there is no problem, the important thing is that the obligations after having sex are still carried out, such as taking junub baths and performing ablution.
Read the prayer before and after intercourse
Not only sex during Ramadan, basically reading prayers before and after having intercourse or having sex with a husband or wife is recommended to pray, with the following prayers:
Before relating the prayer is:
,بِسْÙ…ِ اللهِ العِÙ„ِÙŠِّ العَظِÙŠْÙ…ِ، اَللَّÙ‡ُÙ…َّ اجْعَÙ„ْÙ‡ُ Ù‚َدَّرْتَ Ø£َÙ†ْ Ù„ْبِÙŠْ ,اَللَّÙ‡ُÙ…َّ الشَّÙŠْØ·َانَ الشَّÙŠْØ·َانَ ا ا
"Bismillâhil 'aliyyil 'azhim. Allâhummaj‘alhu dzurriyyatan thayyibah in qaddarta an takhruja min shulbî. Allahumma jannibnisy-syaithân wa jannibisy-syaithân ma razaqtana”
It means:
In the name of Allah, Most High, Most Great. My Lord, make him a good descendant if You will let him out of my spine. O Allah, keep us away from the devil and keep the devil away from the sustenance that You will give us (children).
Then after having intercourse read the following prayer
اللهِ الØَÙ…ْدُ Ù„ِلهِ الَّØ°ِÙŠْ Ù„َÙ‚َ المَاءِ ا Ù„َÙ‡ُ ا ا انَ Ù‚َدِÙŠْرًا
"WL. Alhamdulillâhilladzî khala minal mâ'i basyarâ, faja'lahû nasaban wa shahrâ, wa kâna rabbuka qadîrâ."
It means:
In the name of Allah, praise be to Him who created man from water, then made him a descendant and kin. Your God is almighty.
Other etiquette during sex in Ramadan
Other things that are recommended during intercourse is to do it in a clean, fresh and fragrant body. It is also recommended to perform these sexual activities covered with a blanket and not just open it, even if it's just the two of you in the room. This adab also applies outside the month of Ramadan, yes.
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Paying kafarat or fines if you have sex during the day
However, having sex in the month of Ramadan that is done while fasting, i.e. at sunrise and the sun has not yet set, is something that invalidates the fast. But that doesn't mean we can't make it up. It's just that the 3 fines or kafarat imposed are heavy.
Freeing slaves or slaves. Slaves must also be in good health and free from defects.
Fasting 2 months in a row.
Feeding 60 poor people.
These sanctions should not be chosen whichever is easier to carry out. Everything must be done in order. However, due to the conditions of the times, it is clear that the number one fine cannot be carried out at this time, so that the automatic sanction immediately falls to the number 2 fine.
If then there is something that is justified by the Shari'a that a person is not able to fast for 2 consecutive months, for example, is seriously ill, then there is an automatic penalty number 3. Giving food to 60 poor people also has rules. Each poor person must be given 1 mud (approximately 6 ounces) of staple food.
Basically Islam makes it easy for us to worship, really. So, having sex during Ramadan is still permissible as long as we follow the rules and etiquette that have been determined.