If he performs the ritual bath (ghusl) between each act of intercourse, it is better, for Abu Rafi' narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) went around to all his wives and performed a ritual bath at each one of them. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, if only you had made it one bath?" He replied: "This is purer, better, and cleaner." Reported by Ahmad in Al-Musnad (86). All the hadiths of this section were narrated by Abu Hafs al-'Ukbari. Ibn Battah also narrated, with his chain of authority from Abu Sa'id, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "If a man has intercourse in the first part of the night, then wishes to repeat it, let him perform ablution like his ablution for prayer" (87).
Section: It is not for a man to bring together two of his wives in one dwelling without their consent, whether [the dwelling] is small or large, because there is harm to them in that, due to the enmity and jealousy that exists between them. Their gathering stirs up dispute and conflict, and each one of them hears his sound when he approaches (88) the other, or sees it. If they consent to that, it is permissible, because the right belongs to them, so they may be lenient by waiving it. Likewise, if they consent to him sleeping between them under one blanket. If they consent to him having intercourse with one in such a way that the other sees it, it is not permissible, because that contains baseness, foolishness, and a lack of chivalry, so it is not allowed even with their consent. If he houses them in one building, each in a separate room, it is permissible if that is a dwelling suitable for one of her status.
Section: It was narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that he said: "Are you amazed at the jealousy of Sa'd? I am more jealous than him, and Allah is more jealous than I" (89). And from 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: It has reached me that your women are crowding together...
(86) In: 6/9, 10. It was also reported by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on Ablution for One Who Wishes to Repeat, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/50. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on One Who Performs a Ritual Bath After Each One, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/194. (87) Reported by Muslim, in: The Chapter on the Permissibility of Sleeping While in a State of Major Impurity and the Recommendation of Ablution and Washing the Private Parts if One Intends to Eat, Drink, Sleep, or Have Intercourse, from the Book of Menstruation. Sahih Muslim 1/249. And Abu Dawud, in: The Book of Ablution for One Who Wishes to Repeat, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/50. And al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on What Has Been Narrated Regarding Performing Ablution If One Wishes to Repeat, from the Chapters of Purification. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 1/233. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on the One in a State of Major Impurity If He Wishes to Repeat, from the Book of Purification. Al-Mujtaba 1/117. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on the One in a State of Major Impurity If He Wishes to Repeat, He Performs Ablution, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/193. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 3/28. (88) In A, B, M there is an addition: "to". (89) Reported by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on Jealousy, from the Book of Marriage; and in: The Chapter on One Who Sees a Man with His Wife and Kills Him, from the Book of Penal Laws; and in: The Chapter on the Statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) "There is no person more jealous than Allah," from the Book of Divine Unity. Sahih al-Bukhari 7/45, 8/215, 9/151. And Muslim, in: The Book of Li'an (Imprecation): Sahih Muslim 2/1135, 1136. And al-Darimi, in: The Chapter on Jealousy, from the Book of Marriage. Sunan al-Darimi 2/149. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 4/248.
