Is marital intimacy or intercourse considered adultery, and is it permissible to perform ghusl with one's wife?
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Intercourse with one's wife is a great act of worship for which a Muslim is rewarded, unlike fornication, which is a man having sexual relations with someone other than his wife, and is considered one of the greatest sins due to the worldly and otherworldly corruptions it entails. Allah has associated fornication with polytheism and killing a soul due to its heinousness. It is permissible to perform (ritual bath) with one's wife, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, did.
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