{"product_id":"sash-on-the-benefits-of-marriage-al-wishah-fi-fawaid-al-nikah","title":"Sash on the Benefits of Marriage: AL-WISHAH FI FAWA'ID AL-NIKAH","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSash on the Benefits of Marriage: Al-Wishāḥ fī Fawāʾid al-Nikāḥ\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSash on the Benefits of Marriage (Al-Wishāḥ fī Fawāʾid al-Nikāḥ) is one of the most remarkable works in the Islamic literary tradition. It is not merely a book on marriage, but a work of astonishing breadth that encompasses: 1. Spiritual reflection, framing marital intimacy as a form of worship and a foretaste of Paradise, 2. Qur'anic exegesis, offering careful interpretation of key verses such as \"Your wives are a tilth for you\", 3. Hadith scholarship, gathering authentic narrations on intimacy from the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions, 4. Linguistic mastery, presenting over 2,400 terms for every aspect of human intimacy—the act itself, the male and female anatomy, its parts and states, its sounds and pleasures, 5. Poetic anthology, featuring the greatest voices of the Arab poetic tradition: Alqamah, Dhū al-Rummah, al-A'shā, al-Farazdaq, Bashshār, al-'Abbās ibn al-Aḥnaf, and many others, 6. Historical anecdotes, drawn from the courts of caliphs, the gatherings of scholars, and the tents of Bedouins, 7. Medical observation, describing anatomy and sexual response with the clinical precision of its time, 8. Legal analysis, ruling on what is permitted and forbidden in intimacy, 9. Women's voices, preserving the words of women who spoke with intelligence, wit, and unapologetic desire—from A'isha bint Talha's frank description of her husband to Umm al-Ward's poetry about her needs, from slave girls quoting hadith in the caliph's chamber to the woman who told 'Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb: \"I am beautiful, so do not blame me for desiring him.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book was undertaken as a companion to two of our previous translations of Al-Suyūṭī's works:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAl-Yawāqīt al-Thaminah fī Ṣifat al-Samīnah (\u003cstrong\u003ePrecious Gems in the Qualities of the Fat Woman\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShagã'iq al-Utrunj fi Raqã'iq al-Ghunj (\u003cstrong\u003eHalves of the Lemon Regarding the Intricacies of Coquetry)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, these three volume offer a comprehensive vision of Al-Suyūṭī's thought on marriage, beauty, and intimacy. They reveal a scholar who was unafraid to address the most intimate aspects of human experience, who grounded his discussions in the Qur'an and Sunna, and who celebrated the diversity of human bodies and desires as gifts from the Creator.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46722895577298,"sku":"a9fc8f55-bc7f-3eb4-a7b3-d0983343942f","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/image_fc5b659d-a014-471d-ae7e-100b325ee53e.jpg?v=1772604051","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/sash-on-the-benefits-of-marriage-al-wishah-fi-fawaid-al-nikah","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}