Iksal (coitus without ejaculation)

Iksal is intercourse in which the man's member goes limp after penetration, so that he does not ejaculate. Its lexical sense also covers a man who withdraws without release so that no child follows. ¹ It differs from i'tiraDH, which is the failure of erection before intercourse, and from 'unna, which is a man's inability to approach women. ¹

Iksal does not change the rulings on intercourse. ¹ By penetration without ejaculation the following are established: ihsan for those who require the head of the member to pass the entrance; the return of a husband who swore off intercourse; and the cure of impotence. ² Penetration by the second husband makes a triply divorced woman lawful to her first husband, following the report of Aisha about the wife of Rifa'a al-Qurazi, in which the Prophet ﷺ said she must taste the other's "'usayla" and he hers. ² This is the majority view, which takes 'usayla to mean intercourse. Al-Hasan al-Basri held that only ejaculation makes her lawful; Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab held the contract sufficient. ² Rulings on intercourse are treated under wat' (وطء). ²