Prophet's guidence on sexual activity

He is the most effective guidance, as it preserves the health,
completes satisfaction, and acquires the goals that this activity was
meant to achieve.

Sexual intercourse was meant to achieve three essential goals: (1)
Reproduction and the preservation of mankind until the number of
souls that Allah has ordered to come to this world is fulfilled and
completed. (2) Expelling the water (semen), which would cause harm if
it remains inside the body. (3) Satisfying sexual desire and enjoying
sex and the bounty it represents.

The last essential goal is the only one that will be satisfied in
Paradise, because there will be no reproduction in Paradise nor
accumulation of sperm that needs to be discarded.

The best doctors state that sex is one of the best methods to
preserve good health. Galinus said, "The essence of the sperm
consists of heat and air, and it is hot and wet because it is
produced from the blood tha t feeds the essential organs."

If this is how significant sperm is, one should realize that it
should not be used or spent except to achieve production or to
legally rid the body of it when it gets old. When the sperm is
congested in the body, it will cause certain ailments such as
obsession, madness and epilepsy. Discarding it, on the other hand,
helps cure many of these ailments. This is why sperm is discarded
from the body naturally.

Some of our Salaf (radiyallahu anhuma) said, "Man should take care of
three things; He should not ignore walking, so that when he needs it
one day he is able to do it. He shouldn't refrain from eating,
because the intestines will shrink. He should not refrain from sexual
activity, because if the wells' water is not drawn out, it will
drain."

Muhammad bin Zakariyyah said, "Whoever ignores sex for a long time,
his nerves will weaken, and their flowing will be blocked and his
penis will shrink. I have seen some people who did not have sex
claiming to observe some kind of abstinence and their bodies became
colder, their movements restricted and unexplainable depression
touched them. Further, their appetite and digestive powers also
decreased."

Sexual activity helps lower the gaze, repulse lust, allows one the
ability to refrain from illegal sexual activity and also achieves
these goals for the wife. When one uses his sperm in a legal manner,
he will benefit himself and his wife in this life and the next.

This is why the Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) used to
fulfill his legal sexual desire, as he used to say:

"I was made to like women and perfume from your world."

Further, he (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) encouraged his nation to
marry.

"Get married, because I will compete by your numbers with the other
nations."

Also, Ibn 'Abbas (radiyallahu anhuma) said, "The best of this
nation are those who have the largest number of wives (up to four)."

The Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) also said,

"I marry women, eat meat, sleep, stand in Qiyam, fast and break my
fast. Whoever ignores my Sunnah is not from my people."

Further more, he (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said:

"O young men! Whoever can afford it should get married, because it
helps lower the gaze and protects the sexual organ. Those who cannot
afford it should fast, because fasting will cure them."



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Source: "The Prophets' Guidance on Sexual Activity" Taken from
Healing with the Medicine of the Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi wa
sallam) By Imam Ibn al-Qayyim al Jawziyyah (rahimahullah) - pp:
222 - 223