Approaching Your Farmland

The Qur’an states:
نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ
“Your wives are like farmland to you.” [2:223].

Imam al-Qurtubi explained in his Tafsir:
ففرج المرأة كالأرض ، والنطفة كالبذر ، والولد كالنبات ،
“The private part of females is likened to the field,
the sperm is likened to the seed,
and the child is likened to the plant.”
[“Al-Jami li Ahkam al-Qur’an”, 3/93].

A farmer approaches his field not just for the sake of pleasure, but to acquire produce.
A farmer takes good care of his farm and does not abandon or neglect it.
A farmer protects and guards his farmland.
A farmer does not plough into his farm when its dry, but only digs after its wet.
A farmer does not waste his seeds by planting them into barren places of his farm, but only plants them in the place that is fertile and capable of reproduction.

العاقل تكفيه الإشارة
‘A smart person understands by indications…’