The Ruling on Ablution from Touching the Genitals

Question:
What is the stronger opinion regarding touching the vein, facing the qiblah, and contemplation? Does it require wudu? And what is Shaykh Hasan’s opinion on this issue?

Answer:
Without a doubt, among the scholars, those who hold that touching the penis invalidates wudu maintain that whether the person is an adult or a child, and whether it is the penis of a human or of another creature, if he touches it, his wudu is invalidated. As for those who do not hold that view, there are scholars who do not believe that touching the penis invalidates wudu.
And they relied on the hadith so they do not hold that it breaks the ablution, whether from a human or otherwise. But the authentic hadith indicates the first opinion, which is that direct touching of the genitals without a barrier breaks the ablution, whether it is the genitals of the one touching or those of another.
Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered, as in the hadith of Basrah ibn Safwan, to perform ablution from touching the genitals, and he said: This is an authentic hadith. The hadith of Talq ibn 'Ali is only a part of it. They said this is earlier, because Talq ibn 'Ali was from the people of al-Yamamah and he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at an early time. The hadith of Basrah is later, so it abrogates it. And Allah knows best. After the adhan.