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I'm still a single man who wants to get married. But I have a little problem...that problem has to do with slight, doubtful, and irregular impotence. And I keep thinking that if I do get married that my future wife would not accept that. That may cause a divorce. What are the best things to do? And should I get married, or not?
Answer
Praise be to Allah.The nature
of human beings is that there are great differences among them with regard
to sexual desire. Some of them have strong desires, some have less than
that, to a greater or lesser extent, and there are some who have no desire
at all. If you have any desire at all, even if it is little, then you may
get married; it is sufficient for you to be able to have intercourse, even
if it is only once every month or every two months.
Fatwa of
Shaykh Ibn Jibreen, from Fataawa Islamiyyah, vol. 3, p. 161.
But if there is a
complete inability to have intercourse, then that must be made clear to the
guardian of the woman before the marriage takes place. And Allaah knows best.
Source: IslamQA (Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid)