The article Muhammad, Islam, and Sex discusses various aspects of this vast topic.

Muhammad is believed by Muslims to have had the strength of 30 or 40 men when it came to sex, cf. Muhammad's Sexual Prowess.

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• boy for owner of bed ?????

  Narrated 'Aisha:
  Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas and 'Abd bin Zam'a quarrelled with each other (regarding a child). The Prophet said, "The boy is for you, O 'Abd bin Zam'a, for the boy is for (the owner) of the bed. O Sauda ! Screen yourself from the boy." The sub-narrator, Al-Laith added (that the Prophet also said), "And the stone is for the person who commits an illegal sexual intercourse." (Sahih Bukhari 8.807)

  Narrated Abu Huraira:
  The Prophet said, "The boy is for (the owner of) the bed and the stone is for the person who commits illegal sexual intercourse.' (Sahih Bukhari 8.808)

• coitus interruptus, see AZL

• conception and pregnancy (see PREGNANCY)

• consort with wives in a goodly manner, an-Nisa' 4:19

• don't force female slaves into prostitution, an-Nur 24:33

• during Ramadhan, al-Baqarah 2:187

• illegal sexual relationships: The Mosaic Law (Levticus 18:6-29) mentions several sexual relationships with any close relative to be forbidden:
  1. mother,
  2. sister (father's daughter, mother's daughter, regardless of place of birth. also daughter of father's wife).
  3. son's daughter or daughter's daughter
  4. aunt (father's or mother's sister).
  5. father's brother's wife
  6. daughter-in-law
  7. brother's wife
  8. both woman and her daughter or granddaughter
  9. wife's sister as long as wife is alive
  10. neighbor's wife
  11. another man
  12. animal

  Muhammad, however, married the wife of his adopted son, Zaid. However, adoption is prohibited in the Qur'an (al-Ahzab 33:4-5)

• is what your spouse is for, so do it! al-Baqarah 2:187,222-223

• resemblence with parents,
  see genetics.

• with slaves is legal, al-Mu'minun 23:1-6; al-Ahzab 33:50,52; al-Ma`arij 70:30 (alternate interpretation)

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