Chapter on the Times When Intercourse is Disliked

Al-Hasan bin Mahbub narrated from Abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz, from Amr bin Uthman, from Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام, who said: I asked Imam عليه السلام: "Is it disliked to have intercourse at certain times?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "Yes, it is disliked during a night when the moon is eclipsed, during the day when the sun is eclipsed, between sunset and the disappearance of twilight, from the rising of dawn until the rising of the sun, during black, red, and yellow winds, and during earthquakes." Imam عليه السلام continued: "The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, peace be upon him and his family, spent a night with one of his wives, and the moon was eclipsed that night. He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم refrained from intimacy. His صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم wife said to him: 'O Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, is all of this due to dislike?" He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم replied: "Woe to you! This celestial event has occurred, and I disliked to take pleasure and engage in something (worldly) at such a time. Indeed, Allah, the Exalted, has reproached a people, saying: 'And if they see a piece of the sky falling, they would say, "A heap of clouds!"' (Surah At-Tur 52:44) By Allah سبحانه وتعالى, no one engages in intimacy during these times that I صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم have described, having heard this explanation, and is granted a child from that intimacy, except that they will see what they dislike."

Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام, said: "Do not have intercourse at the beginning of the month, in its middle, or at its end. For whoever does so should prepare himself for the possibility of miscarriage. And if the child is born, it is likely to suffer from mental instability. Do you not see that most cases of insanity occur at the beginning, middle, and end of the month?"

Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام, said: "It is disliked to engage in janabah (ritual impurity due to sexual intercourse) when the sun is turning yellow and when it rises while it is yellow."

Muhammad ibn al-Faydh asked Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام, saying: "May I engage in intercourse while being completely naked?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "No, and do not face the Qibla nor turn your back to it."

Imam عليه السلام said: "Do not engage in intercourse on a ship."

The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said: "It is disliked for a man to approach his wife after having experienced a nocturnal emission (wet dream) until he has performed ghusl (ritual purification) from that emission. If he does so and the child is born with a mental disorder, he should blame none but himself."

The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said: "Whoever has intercourse with his wife while she is menstruating, and a child is born afflicted with leprosy or vitiligo, let him blame none but himself."