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Question
Asalam Alaykum how are you ? Is it haram for a man to seek extremely extraordinary pleasure with his wife in intimacy by spending hours everyday exercising his private aspects through heavy intense weightlifting ? How many hours is the limit and is considered excessive and too much ? When does it become haram , makrooh , or an issue ?
Answer
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
حامدا و مصليا و مسلما
Muhtaram
We have received your query regarding excessive physical exercise, our response is as follows:
We as Muslims must ensure that we fulfil the rights relating to Allah Ta’ala and also the rights relating to the creation. However, there is a limit in how we go about fulfilling the rights of the creation. Our advice to you is that you should avoid focusing too much towards the above mentioned activities. Preference should be directed to ones Deen, whilst a certain time daily can be allotted for some physical exercise (such as going for a walk etc) in order to keep oneself healthy and fit. Furthermore, more important than intense weightlifting is that one should be extremely particular on consuming Halal and healthy food. This will have a direct effect on one’s spiritual and physical wellbeing.
When a person focuses too much on intense physical exercise then many a time a person becomes side-tracked from the purpose of one’s life (which is to gain closeness to Allah Ta’ala) and ultimately one goes beyond the limits set out in the Shariah.
And Allah Ta’ala knows best
Answered by:
Muhammad Irshad Motara
28th Rajab 1445
9th February 2024
