Muslims feel very bashful when talking about sex. However, sexologist Dr. Heba Kotb is on her way to break away this shackle, which has been tying Muslim community for years.
Giving air to her views, she advises Muslims to have more sex, despite the fact that Muslims community is known to keep quite conservative views about sex, and open discussion on this issue is considered quite an outrageous act.
May be this act of her is being seen as a despicable act by some of the people of Muslim community but keeping in view the present situation according to which sexually transmitted diseases like Chlamydia, genital herpes (HSV), Gonorrhea, Human papilloma virus (HPV), vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), and Trichomoniasis are foraying into our society, it could be asserted that mission initiated by her is really a commendable one. Because time has gone when people used not even to mention word ‘sex’ publicly.
If we go back in the depth of Muslim religion or Islam then we find that Islam is not as orthodox about sex as its so-called representatives have depicted it. Strangely enough, Islam has propounded quite a liberal philosophy regarding sex, which the present generation seems blind to. Here it is interesting to know that Islam considers sex as one of the essential human needs that must be properly satisfied.
In Quran, there comes reference in which dialogue between Prophet Mohammad and the companions goes on like this:
[A Muslim] would have an intercourse with his spouse and would be rewarded for it. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked: Oh Messenger of Allah! A person would be rewarded while satisfying his sexual need? Prophet Mohammad replied:Yes. Isn’t it that he would be punished had he practiced sex illegally (not with his spouse)? The same applies if a Muslim practiced a lawful intercourse with his spouse. As such, he would be rewarded”.
This shows that this is nothing wrong in having sex, talking about it, therefore, we should spurn away the very trite idea, which dampens the idea of openness about sex, defining it a stigma on religion. And due to this very stigma, which doesn’t exist indeed, often such cases comes out in which people are often found keeping their interaction with STDs behind the curtain.
From health point of view too, sex is an integral part of our life, as it helps maintaining ideal body weight, increases blood flow, lowers cholesterol, improves sleep by reducing stress level, and above all it works as a cementing bond between two life partners.
In brief, it could be asserted that time has come when we will have to accept the fact that sex is after all a part of human life and to keep it visored is just like defying the truth.
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Via: CNN