Jurisprudence and Legal Approach on the Condition of the Wife's Possibility to have Sexual Intercourse for Obtaining Iḥsan

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1 Assistant Professor of Jurisprudence and Islamic Law Department, Bozorgmehr University of Qaenat, Qaen, southern Khorasan, Iran

2 Ph. D in Jurisprudence and Islamic Law, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi, Iran

3 Instructor of Jurisprudence and Law Department, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

In Shari'a teachings, various punishments have been considered for adultery, the most severe of which seems to be “stoning". Proof of stoning is contingent upon verification of “Iḥsan "; Therefore, the existence of Iḥsan can change the punishment of a criminal from a lesser punishment (a hundred lashes) to a more severe punishment (stoning). In Imamiyyah jurisprudence, there are some conditions for obtaining Iḥsan, one of the most important of which is that a person does not need to commit an illegitimate relationship because he or she is able to have sexual intercourse with his or her spouse. The challenge that exists in this context is that several jurists have stated that in order to verify Iḥsan for a man, he should have the continuous possibility of having sex with his wife, otherwise he is not subject to the punishment of stoning; but they have not accepted such a right for women. This view is also recognized in Article 226 of the Islamic Penal Code.  The present study, in a descriptive-analytical research, while analyzing the opinions of jurists, has criticized and measured such a view. The results of the research indicate that the mere presence of the husband, without his wife having the possibility of sexual intercourse, is not enough for the wife's Iḥsan, and about women, as about men, the possibility of continuous sexual intercourse with their spouse is a condition and there should be no difference between men and women in this area. Therefore, it is necessary to change the above-mentioned approach of the legislator and the equality of couples in right to continuous sexual intercourse should be explicitly emphasized in Article 226.

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Biannual Journal of Family Law And Jurisprudence
Volume 29, Issue 80
April 2024
Pages 237-259

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