Can I have intercourse with my wife through foreplay, and must I go to a sheikh due to suspicion of a magical spell, after medical tests have proven my good health, given that I have been suffering from continuous erectile dysfunction for about five years?

We ask Allah to grant you well-being and to remove the illness from you. We advise you to seek treatment and not to despair of the spirit of Allah, for "And when I am ill, it is He who cures me." Be wary of going to magicians, soothsayers, and diviners. Instead, go to the people of the Qur’an who treat with the words of Allah and His Messenger, for "And We send down from the Qur’an that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe," and "Say, 'It is, for those who believe, a guidance and a healing.'" Fondling one's wife when unable to have intercourse is desirable to comfort her and satisfy her longing.