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Just a trigger warning that we're dealing with the topic of non-consensual

sex, so if this is a topic that makes you uncomfortable, feel free to not watch this video.

The second question, again an anonymous

sister emails, that

she has read a fatwa on a particular website

that claims that a Muslim

wife's consent is not required for intimacy and that a husband may force himself on her and she says this

had this fatwa has disturbed her immensely and

she goes on and on and she says that this fatwa she quotes it to me

that the fatwa defines

marriage in a way that

again she finds it difficult to understand this to be the Islamic marriage and she says that is this what the religion of Islam says that

the man has the right to force himself on his wife and to take advantage of her even without her consent.

Now obviously this is a very very sensitive topic and it is a multi-layer topic. We're talking about marriage

we're talking about ethics. We're talking about consent. We're talking about love. We're talking about laws in various countries and

this topic really does require a lot more than what a short answer will do justice to

nonetheless i'll try my best to provide a bird's-eye view while being honest to our tradition and

understanding the realities of our world. Let me begin by stating that no marriage can flourish

if we just base it on the books of law. It is a mistake to assume that the books of Fikr are what

you turn to to find the recipe of a successful marriage. Legal textbooks are not talking about the adab

of marriage. Legal textbooks are talking about law and therefore one of the mistakes sometimes even

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