Can I take medication to enhance my sexual ability?

· 24 Jumada I 1440 AH1 min readFatwa 36004English

Question

would like to know it is permisible in islam to have sex stamina medicine for male if there is sexual problem in male is that haram ?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Physical intimacy is a right of both, husband and wife equally.

It is permissible to take medication in order to enhance ones sexual ability as long as the ingredients are halaal.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Muhammad I.V Patel

Student Darul Iftaa
Lusaka, Zambia

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

Answered by
Muhammad I.V Patel
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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