Husband licking the clitoris of the wife

Q: Is it permissible for the husband to lick the clitoris (not the Vagina) of the wife when it’s dry and clean, during foreplay?

A: It is unadvisable to lick this area. Further, this area could be covered with impurities. It is likely that in the heat of excitement, some impurity is swallowed and obviously swallowing an impurity is haraam. Everything that is pure does not have to be licked. For example, the filth from the nose, even though it is not najis (impure), definitely it is very filthy to lick it. Similar is the position here; whilst it may not be totally haraam, definitely it is extremely filthy and disgusting. 

إذا أدخل الرجل ذكره في فم امرأته قد قيل يكره (الفتاوى الهندية 5/372)

فتاوى محمودية 29/142

احسن الفتاوى 8/45 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)