Virginity in Islam – Answers for a Muslim

Virginity in Islam is reflected as a sign of chastity, innocence, and morality. In most of the Islamic cultures, virginity is considered a subject matter of honor for the family. For a Muslim bride, it is essential to bleed on her first night of the wedding. But bleeding on the wedding night is not recognized as a sign of losing virginity as many other factors can be the reason why the bride cannot bleed on her wedding night. There are a small percentage of women who do not bleed the first time they have sex because they have a very strong and elastic hymen, while others may have torn their hymen unintentionally; accidents, sports, horse riding or lifting heavy objects. Some women might break the hymen through masturbation.