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Chapter: Matters That Invalidate Hajj and ʿUmrah and Their Legal Consequences
Allah, exalted is He, says: “Hajj is in well-known months; whoever undertakes the pilgrimage therein, let him engage in no rafath” (Quran 2:197).
Mālik explained that rafath refers to sexual intercourse with one’s wife.
باب ذكر ما يفسد الحج والعمرة والحكم في ذلك
قال الله ﷿: ﴿الْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَعْلُومَاتٌ فَمَنْ فَرَضَ فِيهِنَّ الْحَجَّ فَلا رَفَثَ﴾ الآية.
قال مالك: الرفث إصابة النساء،