Why Sperm is Clean in Islam with Three Must Read Proofs
C.J Ahmed-21.04.2023
Sperm is what contains in the sexual fuid of males and it is not unclean as wrongfuly believed by some Muslims. The wife of the prophet (sal), Aisha (rali) used to scrape the semen of the prophet (sal) with her fingernails and if it was imoure sh would not hve done so and the prophet (sal) woud not have orn the clothes which had traces of semen in it.
Sperm in General is Not Impure
The baseless argument and opinion by some scholars is that semen is impure. For an example, Imam Nawawi said the following,
“There are two opinions about swallowing sperm. However, the most correct opinion is that it is forbidden because it is filthy. Allaah says (which means): {And forbids them what is khabaa'ith (evil things, evil deeds, evil beliefs, evil persons and filthy food).}[Qur'an 7:157].” (Al-Majmū Sharh al-Muhadhdhab-2:397)
Taking awy the opinions, we can find from the authentic hadiths that semen is not impure.
‘Narrated `Aishah:
I used to wash the semen off the clothes of the Prophet (sal) and even then I used to notice one or more spots on them.” (Bukhari)
'Amr bin Maimun said:
“I asked Sulaiman b. Yasar whether the semen that gets on to the garment of a person should be washed or not. He replied: A'isha told me: The Messenger of Allah (sal) washed the semen, and then went out for prayer in that very garment and I saw the mark of washing on it.” (Muslim)
Aishah reported:
“I used to rub off the semen from the clothe of the Messenger of Allah (sal). He would would pray in it. “ (Abu Dawud-Graded Sahih by Albani)
Alqama and Aswad reported:
“A person stayed in the house of A'isha and in the morning began to wash his garment. A'isha said: In case you saw it (i. e. drop of semen), it would have served the purpose (of purifying the garment) if you had simply washed that spot; and in case you did not see it, it would have been enough to sprinkle water around it, for when I saw that on the garment of the Messenger of Allah (sal). I simply scraped it off and he offered prayer, while putting that on.”(Muslim)
From the above hadiths is clear that Asha (rli) only scraped off the semen of the prophet (sal) and if it is impure, she would not have done so. This is the Sunnah of isha (rali) and not the prophet (sal) and there is not mention of him giving orders to scrape or wash off the semen. Even tough it is the sunnah of Aisha (rali), she did not consider semen as Najas (impure)
Sperm is what contains in the sexual fuid of males and it is not unclean as wrongfuly believed by some Muslims. The wife of the prophet (sal), Aisha (rali) used to scrape the semen of the prophet (sal) with her fingernails and if it was imoure sh would not hve done so and the prophet (sal) woud not have orn the clothes which had traces of semen in it.
Sperm in General is Not Impure
The baseless argument and opinion by some scholars is that semen is impure. For an example, Imam Nawawi said the following,
“There are two opinions about swallowing sperm. However, the most correct opinion is that it is forbidden because it is filthy. Allaah says (which means): {And forbids them what is khabaa'ith (evil things, evil deeds, evil beliefs, evil persons and filthy food).}[Qur'an 7:157].” (Al-Majmū Sharh al-Muhadhdhab-2:397)
Taking awy the opinions, we can find from the authentic hadiths that semen is not impure.
‘Narrated `Aishah:
I used to wash the semen off the clothes of the Prophet (sal) and even then I used to notice one or more spots on them.” (Bukhari)
'Amr bin Maimun said:
“I asked Sulaiman b. Yasar whether the semen that gets on to the garment of a person should be washed or not. He replied: A'isha told me: The Messenger of Allah (sal) washed the semen, and then went out for prayer in that very garment and I saw the mark of washing on it.” (Muslim)
Aishah reported:
“I used to rub off the semen from the clothe of the Messenger of Allah (sal). He would would pray in it. “ (Abu Dawud-Graded Sahih by Albani)
Alqama and Aswad reported:
“A person stayed in the house of A'isha and in the morning began to wash his garment. A'isha said: In case you saw it (i. e. drop of semen), it would have served the purpose (of purifying the garment) if you had simply washed that spot; and in case you did not see it, it would have been enough to sprinkle water around it, for when I saw that on the garment of the Messenger of Allah (sal). I simply scraped it off and he offered prayer, while putting that on.”(Muslim)
From the above hadiths is clear that Asha (rli) only scraped off the semen of the prophet (sal) and if it is impure, she would not have done so. This is the Sunnah of isha (rali) and not the prophet (sal) and there is not mention of him giving orders to scrape or wash off the semen. Even tough it is the sunnah of Aisha (rali), she did not consider semen as Najas (impure)