copulation with women, neither in "heavenly" food nor drink." 90
All these traditions reflect the strong power of the sexual instinct inside every human being, the fact to which the Islamic legislator paid good attention and consideration.
Now I see it inevitable to say that this instinct with that strength should be satisfied within the boundary of the house, and its healthy basis is marriage contract.
In a continuation of a hadeeth cited in the previous chapter, the following statement is quoted:
"Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, said to Adam:
You can ask her hand from Me, as she is My slave and may fit you too as a wife for satisfying your sexual instinct." 91
If any exciting look to nonconsanguine woman "la mahram", unlawful, and indecent "lewd" deeds like adultery, sodomy, masturbation and alike acts have been forbidden "by Islamic Law", and on the other side strength and intensity of sexual instinct be confirmed, so the only means left for satisfying it being the atmosphere of family. Thus only marriage can also achieve this human need and desire.
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90. Wasa'il Ash-Shi'ah, vol. XIV, p. 10, Hadeeth I.
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