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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on touching a woman during tawaf and the invalidation of wudu'

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Question:
If I say that during tawaf around the House, my body might come into contact with the body of a woman, is there anything required of me?

Answer:
It does not harm you, but do not intentionally do anything; do not intentionally touch her, not with your foot or your hand. It does not harm you; if you touched her, your wudu' is valid. Your wudu' is not invalidated. The correct view is that touching a woman does not invalidate wudu'; this is the correct position. However, if something comes out as a result of touching her, such as madhi or mani, then the wudu' is invalid. If it is mani, he must perform ghusl. But if nothing comes out, and he merely touched her but nothing came out, or if he kissed his wife or touched her, the wudu' is not invalidated according to the correct view. The correct view is that it is not invalidated, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) kissed the belly of a person and then prayed without performing wudu'. Yes.
Source فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ٦ — archive.org (49:42)

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