Jurisprudential Explanation of the Sexual Intercourse during Menstruation

Studying the jurisprudential chapters on health issues, it can be said that in any case where Islam has placed sanctity and prohibition, a kind of medical support can also be found. One of the health issues for which the ban is intended, is marital relations during menstruation. Medical science has also banned sex during this period because of its damaging and irreparable consequences. In other words, there is an interaction between medical science and the sources of jurisprudence in confirming the disadvantages of such relationship.

This descriptive-analytical study focuses on jurisprudential-medical evidence based on the prohibition of marital relations during menstruation and compares the jurisprudential evidence with the medical findings of this case in order to further clarify the reason for this ruling.

As a result of such research, it can be said that the involvement of men and women, as well as the fetus, in a variety of incurable diseases is one of the risks that can be the result of marital relations during menstruation.In addition to medical science, this issue has also been mentioned in jurisprudence, and narrations have warned people against such relationships.