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What is the Islamic ruling on anal intercourse?

The mainstream Islamic scholarly position is that anal intercourse is prohibited between husband and wife.

What Islam teaches

Prophetic narrations warn against this practice, and the four major Sunni schools of Islamic jurisprudence regard anal intercourse as prohibited.

What you can consider

Muslim couples should follow established Islamic guidance rather than assuming that marriage makes every form of sexual activity permissible.

Sunan Abi Dawud; Jami' al-Tirmidhi; Sunan Ibn Majah.

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