What is the ruling on a husband who watches pornographic websites and desires to engage in forbidden sexual practices with his wife to alleviate work-related stress?
Watching pornographic websites and engaging in illicit sexual relations are forbidden and increase worries. The wife must advise her husband to stay away from forbidden acts and guide him to read the Quran to cure worry and anxiety. It is permissible for the husband to enjoy his wife however he wishes, except for intercourse during menstruation and in the anus. If the husband calls for something forbidden, it is obligatory to refuse. If he calls for something permissible that the soul dislikes, acceptance or rejection is up to the wife, but it is preferable to work on fulfilling his desire through legitimate means.
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