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Worship and the pillarsSacred space and pilgrimage
Summary
Rafath in the lexicon is intercourse and what passes between a man and a woman, such as kissing, and it is also used for obscene speech. 1 In worship it is forbidden: one who has intercourse deliberately in the day of Ramadan breaks his fast and owes a makeup and an expiation. 2 The jurists differ on forgetful intercourse: the Hanafis and Shafi'is do not void the fast, the Malikis and Hanbalis do. 2 Intercourse breaks i'tikaf, and the Shafi'is differ on the forgetful. 2 3 Rafath in the state of ihram is forbidden by agreement, and intercourse in the private part voids the pilgrimage by the majority when deliberate, requiring a makeup and an expiation. 3
People and things also explored
The earth made a place of prayer and purity· Al-Aqiq: the valley as a place of ihram and the carnelian stone in law (aqiq)· Hady (animal offered to the Sacred Precinct)· Rulings on the hajj· Hatma' (a sacrificial animal with its front teeth gone: its fitness)· Ihram (the state of consecration for hajj or umra)· Ihsar (being prevented from completing the rite)· The Kaaba and prayer toward it (kaʿba)
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8799
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8800
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8801
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islam.museum contributors. “Rafath (intercourse and obscene speech in worship): its penalty in fasting, in i'tikaf and in the state of consecration”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/rafath-fiqh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.